The public radio network has already begun to lay off 10% of its staff and not fill vacancies and has sent packing the long-running storytelling/science show "Invisibilia", the hip-hop docuseries "Louder Than a Riot," the how-people-overseas-view-the-US show "Rough Translation" and the relatively-new "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!" stablemate talk show "Everyone & Their Mom." The staffs are being laid and the shows will disappear over the next few months:
https://www.thewrap.com/npr-cancels-podcasts-layoffs/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_news_7234676 The reason behind all this is the drop in underwriting revenue (which on the podcasts, they can actually call "advertising," since the FCC doesn't regulate podcasts--and on podcasts you can do what is verboten on non-commercial radio, like price comparisons and "calls to action"), in particular the podcasts, probably because NPR doesn't allow its hosts to do sales pitches for the sponsors. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/477d0caf-acb8-4dde-b14f-8403e5ee098fn%40googlegroups.com.
