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"Fingerprints of the Thief": How a Glitch in Descript Drew Me Into the Disturbing World of OpenAI
Plus: Is Paradiso Media Stiffing Its Contract Workers?
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After KQED Eliminates 34 Positions, Union Boss Says Station Leadership Has "Lost Their Way"
Meanwhile, I Freak Out
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A Former NPR Host's New Podcast Series About Layoffs, More Detail on KQED, and a Freelance Isn't Free Panel We All Need to Watch
PLUS: An Update on The Squeeze
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An Oral History of Gimlet's Slow Demise
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An Old Lawsuit Throws True Crime Podcasting Into Disarray
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A Podcast CEO Says Accountability Has "Slipped Through the Cracks."
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From "Dick Pill Ads" to Over 20,000 Paying Subscribers: The Unexpected Rise of The Bulwark
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New York Public Radio's Layoffs Are Worse Than You Think
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WNYC Leadership Created a Mess
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Scoop: KQED Expects to Lay Off 18-25 Employees
The News Arrives Two Years After the Bay Area NPR and PBS Member Station Completed a $90 Million Renovation
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Addendum: CPR is Hiring Two New Podcast Producers
Huh?
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Colorado Public Radio Eliminates 15 Positions, Wipes Out Podcasting Department
The station, which also manages KRCC and Denverite, spent $8.34 on new headquarters last year, which "still needs substantial interior construction."
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A Podcast CEO Says Accountability Has "Slipped Through the Cracks."
Plus: Why Is Malcolm Gladwell Being Honored at On Air Fest?
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"Tenderfoot Was Never About True Crime": A Conversation with Tenderfoot TV CEO Donald Albright and Partnerships Lead Tracy Leeds Kaplan
Why They Pursued "Dear Alana," How They Find New Projects, and What They Look For In Creative Partnerships
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Contradictions, Confusion, and Staffers Who Say It Might Be Time to Leave (Or "New York Public Radio's Layoffs Are Worse Than You Think…
Can Someone Please Forward This to LaFontaine Oliver
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Behind the Reporting: Death, Sex & Money
PLUS: A Few More Details on the Layoffs
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