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Here’s a collection of Ken Stern / NPR article links for those interested in a curated list.
Updated 24 Mar 2008.

• Stern lost support in his tryout as No. 1 at NPR
  Current / 24 Mar 2008
• NPR Reboots — NewsGang Live 03.14.08 (MP3, 1 hour, 25 minutes)
  New NPR CEO Dennis Haarsager, Hearts of Space producer Stephen Hill, and Doc Searls
• NPR grapples with the prospect of a post-radio future
  Christian Science Monitor / 14 Mar 2008
• What’s the problem with NPR?
  The Sound of Young America (Jesse Thorn) / 13 Mar 2008
• Haarsager wades into murky water as interim chief at NPR
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer / 12 Mar 2008
• Why is managing NPR so damn difficult?
  Jeffrey Dvorkin / 9 Mar 2008
• Change at National Public Radio
  Technology360 (Dennis Haarsager) / 9 Mar 2008
• NPR is Radio Too
  Phil Wilson / 8 Mar 2008
• Value-added local journalism
  Etaoin Shrdlu (Howard Weaver) / 8 Mar 2008
• NPR CEO O-U-T
  On The Media / 7 Mar 2008
• WSU associate vice president’s retirement effective immediately
  Pullman-Moscow Daily News / 7 Mar 2008 (registration required, or read the full text in the comments below, thanks to Kerry Swanson)
• Trouble for NPR
  BuzzMachine (Jeff Jarvis) / 7 Mar 2008 (includes a comment from Dennis Haarsager and lots more interesting comments)
• Did new media success cost NPR boss his job?
  New Tech Heroes / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR Chief Executive Ousted After Fights With Board
  Chronicle of Philanthropy / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR - Horses for Courses
  Robert Paterson / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR - The Opportunity
  Robert Paterson / 7 Mar 2008
• How NPR’s CEO was Dumped
  David Weir / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR CEO Ken Stern Forced Out
  NPR.org / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR Leader Out After Board Clash
  Washington Post / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR Chief, in Office Since 2006, Will Depart
  New York Times / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR’s chief executive resigns
  Washington Business Journal / 7 Mar 2008
• Head of U.S. broadcaster NPR ousted
  CBC.ca / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR taps WSU administrator
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer / 7 Mar 2008
• NPR’s Chief Executive Steps Down
  Associated Press / 6 Mar 2008
• NPR CEO Ken Stern Resigns Abruptly; Differences Over Digital Media Part of It
  paidContent.com (Rafat Ali) / 6 Mar 2008
• CEO Ken Stern Leaving NPR
  NPR.org / 6 Mar 2008
• NPR chief resigns abruptly
  UPI / 6 Mar 2008
• CEO of National Public Radio out
  LA Observed / 6 Mar 2008 (includes text of NPR board memo, signed by Dennis Haarsager)

Older Articles (for context)

• NPR Chief Ken Stern Rides the Airwaves
  Wall Street Journal / 22 Oct 2007
• Ken Stern Named CEO, NPR
  fishbowlDC / 22 Sep 2006

Feel free to share more links in the comments.

I commented on Robert Paterson’s blog this morning, and wanted to reproduce the full comment here for the record. And because it was kind of a long comment — it’s better suited to being a post, really.

I’m not sure if I’ll comment any further on the Ken Stern developments directly. Perhaps — it’s definitely disturbing to see this turn of events. But I’d rather wait to see what else comes out in the next day or so. NPR’s reporters have already lifted the veil further today than they did yesterday.

In any case, here’s the full comment left over at Paterson’s site…

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