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    Street Talk for November 22, 2019

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    Michael Dahl
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    With a decade of creating video content for clients such as the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, Google, Amazon and Reddi-wip, Banner has re-launched its business under the direction of new leadership that expands the Chicago-based company’s capabilities in the areas of content strategy, production and postproduction. Danny Wirtz, founder of Banner, shared the news which includes the appointment of Patrick Dahl as president as well as the hiring of John Jung as CFO, Michael Dahl as executive producer and Matt Jameson as editor. Michael Dahl brings 14 years of experience as a producer at advertising agencies (mcgarrybowen, Leo Burnett) and on the client side (Conagra Brands). At Banner, Dahl will leverage his experience on both sides of the production and content table to position Banner favorably in an environment with an ever-increasing demand on quality content by overseeing commercial production and postproduction while driving best-in-class practices. Jung earlier served as VP of strategy & operations at Pitchfork. Jameson, formerly of Whitehouse Post and We Are Unlimited, brings 13 years of commercial editorial experience to banner. In conjunction with the announcement of the new team, Banner has also unveiled a new visual identity and logo, an updated website and a hallmark video titled A Banner Story….

    Seattle-born and Brooklyn-based filmmaker Janssen Powers has joined Venice, Calif.-headquartered Farm League Production Company which is active in commercials, music videos, brand content and documentary fare. From his ode to the Pacific Northwest in Muir Song to the bustling streets of Baghdad for A Portrait of Iraq, Powers has an affinity for capturing feeling and humanity. He cut his teeth as a filmmaker scouring the globe and was one of the first on the ground in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Powers has additionally worked on dynamic live pieces for musical powerhouses such as Charlotte Lawrence, Sigrid, and Demi Lovato. Powers’ credits also include Stella Artois’ Reverie….

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    Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

    Friday, July 18, 2025

    Lauren Adams, general manager for KUCB public radio in Unalaska, Alaska, didn't have much time to reflect on Congress, 4,000 miles away, stripping federal funding for public media this week. She's been too busy working.

    Sirens blared in the Aleutian Islands community Wednesday warning of a potential tsunami, with a voice over public loudspeakers urging the community's 4,100 residents to seek higher ground immediately and tune into the radio — to Adams' station.

    At the same time in Washington, the Senate was voting on a measure that would eliminate nearly $1.1 billion that had already been appropriated for NPR and PBS — a process that didn't end until early Thursday morning. The House completed the process in time for President Donald Trump to sign it before a Friday deadline.

    Trump had called for the cuts, saying public media's news programming was biased against him and fellow Republicans, and threatened GOP members of Congress with primary challenges if they didn't fall in line.

    Adams, her news director, a reporter and an intern kept broadcasting and updating KUCB's social media feed until the danger passed. Then she made time for one more task — texting U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and urging her to vote against the bill. Murkowski was one of two Republican senators, along with Susan Collins of Maine, to publicly dissent.

    “I thought that it was such a telling story of why her constituents have a different relationship to public radio than maybe some other regions of the United States,” Adams said.

    Hard decisions ahead for stations across the country
    The federal money is appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes it to NPR and PBS. Roughly 70% of the money... Read More

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