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- Feb 6: The Washington Post cut more than a third of its employees, including more than 300 of its 800 newsroom staff. We gather that their audio department has been "all but eliminated". The flagship podcast Post Reports is cancelled - and did not publish yesterday; the show reached almost half a million people a month, according to Podscribe. The host of the show, Martine Powers, is one of those affected; there are reports that the company has laid-off all but two staffers in their audio team (here are some of those affected). That audio team won two Peabody Awards in 2024; but in December, the newspaper made AI-generated podcasts that were "riddled with errors", but were reportedly launched even knowing that they were a bad experience. The newspaper, which broke the Watergate scandal, was purchased by Jeff Bezos in 2013.
- Apr 24, 2024: The Peabody Awards has announced some nominees, including for its podcast categories.
- Apr 12, 2024: We Disrupt This Broadcast is a new show from the Peabody Awards in partnership with the Center for Media & Social Impact, focusing on industry disruption through some of today’s most powerful and compelling television narratives, and talking to the critically-acclaimed creatives who are re-imagining the world and tackling the big issues that move us forward.
- Apr 24, 2019: Radio and podcasting winners from The Peabody Awards have been announced (and they're all podcasts): they are Believed from NPR; Buried Truths from WABE; Caliphate from the New York Times; and two episodes of Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX.
- Apr 10, 2019: Nomations for the Peabody Awards have been announced: the awards "honor the most powerful, enlightening and invigorating stories in television, radio and digital media." This year there are 11 podcasts and radio show nominees, including This American Life, The Daily, Ear Hustle and In The Dark.
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