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IndiJ Public Media names Katie Oyan CEO
Oyan, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, has spent about 20 years at the AP.NPR, Colorado stations sue over executive order targeting network funding
The lawsuit argues President Trump’s executive order violates the Public Broadcasting Act and the First Amendment.‘We can’t dally’: How lay leaders are advocating for pubmedia amid federal funding threats
Diane Tilstra, president of the KBTC PBS Association in Tacoma, and Garrett King, board president of Friends of OETA network in Oklahoma, ...Lara starts new job at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Isabel Lara, NPR chief communications officer since 2021, left the network in March.Facing Trump threat, CPB amends bylaws to protect directors from removal
Its bylaws now say no one, including the president, can remove a director without approval from at least two-thirds of the other ...IndiJ Public Media, PBS lose NSF grants
IndiJ’s grant supported Indigenous climate reporting, and PBS’ funded STEM videos.White House proposes eliminating CPB’s funding in FY26 budget plan
“Nearly all federal funding for public media appears to be eliminated” from President Trump’s discretionary budget request, said CPB Chair Ruby Calvert ...CPB sues Trump over attempted firing of board members
The lawsuit said board members Laura G. Ross, Diane Kaplan and Tom Rothman received an email saying that their positions were terminated. ...Indiana legislature eliminates public media funding in biennial budget
“The complete zeroing out of funding — without dialogue or compromise — was both unexpected and unconscionable,” said Mark Newman of Indiana ...Marketplace cuts seven positions, invests in digital expansion
The show’s staff are also moving from their downtown L.A. headquarters to share space with LAist in Pasadena.Futuro Media launches subscription tiers with ad-free listening
Futuro+ is designed for audiences who want to support independent fact-based media “that sounds and looks like them,” says co-CEO Marlon Bishop.New York Public Radio’s ‘New Sounds’ will keep making new shows
More than 1,000 listeners from 31 states and 17 countries donated to the “Save New Sounds” campaign that launched after the WNYC ...APTS responds to report of proposed rescission to CPB funding
The New York Post first reported on a Trump administration pitch to claw back $1.1 billion appropriated to CPB.Kenya Young named Louisville Public Media CEO
Young, who will begin May 19, is currently a senior VP at New York Public Media.CPB leaders react to House hearing, federal funding threat
“There’s nothing more American than public media,” said Chair Ruby Calvert at Tuesday’s CPB board meeting.
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