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Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Set to Land at NBC News

Peter Kafka in Media on June 1, 2011 at 10:11 am PT

Former National Public Radio head Vivian Schiller, who left her last job under a political cloud, looks to have found a new position. She’s in talks to work at NBC News, where she’ll oversee digital projects.

QOTD: Make Music For Fun, Not Profit

“Can you put food on the table with music? Probably not. I see music as a really great hobby for most people in five or 10 years. I see everybody I know, some of them really important artists, studying how to do other jobs.”

– Cake lead singer John McCrea talking to NPR, via Digital Music News. Showroom of Compassion, Cake’s most recent release, is the lowest-selling number-one album of all time.

NetworkEffect on "Science Friday": Social Networking Identities

Liz Gannes in Social on January 18, 2011 at 1:03 am PT

On Friday I was a guest on “Science Friday” to talk about my experience with and observations about the proliferation of online social networking identities and options.

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Live at D8: There’s a Reason We’re Not Called National Public Radio Anymore

Peter Kafka in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 10:32 am PT

Radio was supposed to be gone by now–wiped out by iPods, on-demand streaming and an endless buffet of personalization options. But National Public Radio’s audience is bigger than ever. But CEO Vivian Schiller knows that traditional radio is indeed going away — she gives radio towers another 10 years, tops.

The D8 Site Is Now Live

Kara Swisher in News on May 18, 2010 at 10:15 am PT

The conference site for the eighth D: All Things Digital is now up. There are posts related to D8, and we will be adding more in the next two weeks, ahead of the June 1 start of the conference. And when the conference kicks in, these pages will also be populated with up-to-the-minute posts, photos and videos.

The D8 Site Is Now Live

Kara Swisher in D8 on May 18, 2010 at 10:15 am PT

Welcome Back, Steve: Apple CEO Jobs to Appear Onstage at D8

Kara Swisher in News on April 27, 2010 at 5:01 pm PT

Apple CEO and Co-founder Steve Jobs will appear at the eighth D: All Things Digital, in an interview on the opening night, kicking off our tech and media conference that will also include famed Hollywood director James Cameron, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, among others. Jobs has been interviewed onstage many times at D, including in a famous joint session with Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates in 2007. There is much to talk to Jobs about in 2010, obviously, including the new iPad, its tense relationship with Google and the next innovations from the computer giant.

What Do Rush and NPR Have in Common? Internet Talk Radio Hub Stitcher Nabs $6 Million From Benchmark.

Kara Swisher in News on April 6, 2010 at 4:30 am PT

Online talk radio aggregator Stitcher nabbed $6 million from Benchmark Capital and will use the money to give radio blabbermouth Rush Limbaugh, as well as the endlessly talking heads of National Public Radio, even more digital distribution. The San Francisco-based start-up often describes itself as the the Pandora of online talk radio. And like the digital music site, Stitcher lets its users create and customize their own free personalized talk/information/news radio stations.

For NPR, the iPad Means a New App–And a New Web Site

Peter Kafka in Media on March 15, 2010 at 8:27 am PT

Like many other media companies, National Public Radio is scrambling to prepare an app in time for the iPad’s April 3 launch. But the standoff between Apple and Adobe has prompted NPR to take on another engineering project at the same time: It is building a version of its Web site designed specifically for the iPad.

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