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NPR cuts programs, lays off 7% of workforce

NPR cuts programs, lays off 7% of workforce

National Public Radio has announced the cancellation of daytime news programs Day to Day and News and Notes. Hosts Madeleine Brand and Farai Chideya will lose their jobs when the shows go off the air in March, along with more than 60 other NPR employees. This is part of a larger effort to minimize the company's projected budget shortfall: $23 million for the fiscal year....  read more

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