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NPR’s Code Switch and Life Kit to Air on WITF in Pennsylvania


Tony Cartagena is a former contributor to Barrett News Media. He has previously served as a Digital Content Manager for Audacy Minneapolis, a reporter and producer for ESPN Cleveland, Director of Content for ESPN Madison, and a producer for ‘Wilde & Tausch’. You can reach him on Twitter @TonyCartagena or by email at [email protected].
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Ryan Kadro Exits The Recount, Cuts Are Reportedly Expected
As a result, cuts are expected in the next few weeks, and its chief content officer Ryan Kadro has left The Recount after coming aboard last October


Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at [email protected].
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Fox Nation, Sharon Osbourne Team Up for Four-Part Docuseries
The network said viewers will catch a glimpse at Osbourne’s personal and professional life, highlighting how she found herself in the crosshairs of the cancel culture movement after exiting CBS’s “The Talk.”


Ryan Hedrick serves as the Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. Prior to WFMD, he hosted an afternoon program at News Talk 103.7 FM in Chambersburg, PA. He has worked at Sirius XM in Washington D.C., WBEN in Buffalo, NY, and for stations in Baltimore, MD. He has also worked at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, earning the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting in 2016. To connect with Ryan, find him on Twitter @SureToCover.
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Elon Musk Is on “War Path” to Rid Twitter of Bots, Trolls
“I’m on the war path!” he concluded. “If somebody is operating a bot and troll army, then I’m definitely their enemy!”


Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at [email protected].
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NPR’s Code Switch and Life Kit to Air on WITF in Pennsylvania

WITF-FM in Pennsylvania recently announced changes to their daily radio lineup.
The non-commercial station airs programming from National Public Radio, including mainstay podcasts ‘How I Built This’ and ‘Throughline.’
Add ‘Code Switch’ and ‘Life Kit’ to their rotation.
” Typically we make annual adjustments to our schedule in July,” they posted to their website via Fred Vigeant. “The timing was adjusted to align with the national launch of Code Switch & Life Kit from NPR.”
Code Switch and Life Kit will air at 7 am on Saturday’s.
The rest of the WITF schedule can be found on their website here.

Tony Cartagena is a former contributor to Barrett News Media. He has previously served as a Digital Content Manager for Audacy Minneapolis, a reporter and producer for ESPN Cleveland, Director of Content for ESPN Madison, and a producer for ‘Wilde & Tausch’. You can reach him on Twitter @TonyCartagena or by email at [email protected].
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Ryan Kadro Exits The Recount, Cuts Are Reportedly Expected
As a result, cuts are expected in the next few weeks, and its chief content officer Ryan Kadro has left The Recount after coming aboard last October

Changes are coming to the online media outlet The Recount, as Axios reports that they’re planning to restructure its business.
As a result, cuts are expected in the next few weeks, and its chief content officer Ryan Kadro has left the company after coming aboard last October, which was announced during an all-staff meeting.
Furthermore, Axios states that Kadro and their board have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately. The reported reason for these cuts is the reevaluating strategies The Recount is doing as it looks to build a new leadership team.
Launching in 2019, the outlet had plans to raise money in the near future, but those goals have been put on hold. Kadro, a longtime television news producer, oversaw the company’s day-to-day editorial strategy and programming since coming aboard.
The Recount focuses on short-form political videos across streaming and social media, and their main focus was on politics. Still, since President Joe Biden took office, the company has widened its emphasis to broader video news as the appetite for political content has waned in the Biden era.

Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at [email protected].
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Fox Nation, Sharon Osbourne Team Up for Four-Part Docuseries
The network said viewers will catch a glimpse at Osbourne’s personal and professional life, highlighting how she found herself in the crosshairs of the cancel culture movement after exiting CBS’s “The Talk.”

Streaming service Fox Nation will premiere a four-part documentary series about Sharon Osbourne called “Sharon Osbourne: To Hell & Back.” The series will debut in September.
The network said viewers will catch a glimpse at Osbourne’s personal and professional life, highlighting how she found herself in the crosshairs of the cancel culture movement after exiting CBS’s “The Talk.”
In a statement obtained by Barrett News Media, FOX Nation President Jason Klarman said, “We are excited to be the place that Sharon chose to tell her incredible story.”
The documentary will also include insight and personal stories from her husband, music legend Ozzy Osbourne along with their children, Jack and Kelly Osbourne.
“From her remarkable career as a music manager, to creating television’s first celebrity reality show, to her dramatic exit from The Talk, Sharon will take viewers behind the scenes of it all,” said Klarman.
Previously, Osbourne held roles on several television programs, including NBC’s America’s Got Talent, X-Factor, and The Celebrity Apprentice, among others. Additionally, for more than three decades, she managed several notorious musicians, including Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Electric Light Orchestra, Smashing Pumpkins, and Motorhead.
“FOX Nation subscribers will have an unbridled look into the toll the cancel culture phenomenon had on my life and career,” Osbourne. “I hope telling my story for the first time will help audiences understand the impact this movement can have on individuals and families.”

Ryan Hedrick serves as the Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. Prior to WFMD, he hosted an afternoon program at News Talk 103.7 FM in Chambersburg, PA. He has worked at Sirius XM in Washington D.C., WBEN in Buffalo, NY, and for stations in Baltimore, MD. He has also worked at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, earning the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting in 2016. To connect with Ryan, find him on Twitter @SureToCover.
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Elon Musk Is on “War Path” to Rid Twitter of Bots, Trolls
“I’m on the war path!” he concluded. “If somebody is operating a bot and troll army, then I’m definitely their enemy!”

Elon Musk attended Monday night’s Met Gala, marking the first public appearance since his $44-billion purchase of Twitter, and of course, one of the topics of conversation was his plans for the social media giant.
The Tesla CEO spoke with the Associated Press, laying out his initial plans for Twitter, the first being an inclusive platform where everyone in the United States.
“The goal that I have, should everything come to fruition with Twitter, is to have a service that is as broadly inclusive as possible where ideally most of America is on it and talking!” Musk said.
“I’m looking for something that’s as broadly inclusive as possible, that’s as trusted as possible as a system, and I hope we are successful in that regard.”
Furthermore, Musk discussed getting rid of bots, spammers, and trolls on the platform, making a pledge to make sure users on Twitter are talking to real people.
“I’ve also vowed this publicly that we have to get rid of the bots, trolls, scams, and everything,” Musk said. “That’s obviously diminishing the user experience, and we don’t want people to get tricked out of their money.”
“I’m on the war path!” he concluded. “If somebody is operating a bot and troll army, then I’m definitely their enemy!”

Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at [email protected].