Topic: Npr Bureaucracy

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Wordy Durd
Episode 867 26:36 - 29:51

867: Wordy Durd

NPR Internal Bureaucracy, The "Live" Branding Dispute

NPR CEO Jarl Mohn (Lee Masters) shared an anecdote about the extreme bureaucracy within his organization. It took over three weeks of internal debate just to add the word "live" to the top-of-the-hour news introduction. The story is used as a prime example of the cultural stagnation and inefficiency within mainstream media companies.