Development
Expanded budget buoys plans for PBS’s revamped development division
Betsy Gerdeman, who took over as senior vice president of PBS Development in February, is busy rebuilding that staff while focusing on ...Target breach disrupts sustainer giving, cash flow at pubcasting stations
Public broadcasters continue to count their losses from last year’s massive consumer data hack of the retail giant Target as they scramble ...Study finds most listeners don’t mind NPR’s embedded underwriting credits
A committee of NPR’s board voted May 8 to maintain embedded underwriting at its current level on network programs, despite concerns among ...MinnPost, Voice of San Diego set high membership goals with support from Knight
The two nonprofit newsrooms will split a $1.2 million grant from the foundation over two years.Orman’s ‘Financial Solutions’ boosts public TV’s March pledge drive
Public television’s March pledge drive raised $46.7 million for 146 local stations, an increase of 19.3 percent from last year’s spring fundraiser.WFMT hits one-day pledge drive record using only music from one CD
WFMT-FM in Chicago racked up 700 pledges in a six-hour period relying solely on listeners’ reactions to recorded performances of a Vera ...In spectrum auction decisions, weigh the value of public service
With the unique opportunity presented by the auctions, proper due diligence certainly requires PTV leaders to weigh the potential one-time upside from ...WETA receives $1 million for culture, history and public affairs programs
Washington, D.C., philanthropist and financier David M. Rubenstein has established a $1 million fund at WETA in suburban Arlington, Va., for producing ...PBS recruiting new development chief
PBS is in "the final stages" of hiring a new executive to improve public TV fundraising efforts at both the local and ...Downton giveth — and maybe taketh away — during December pledge
A Downton Abbey pledge show from PBS was the top fundraiser by far for December public television drives, but repeats of the hit Brit ...Pet-themed fund drives spur pledges from animal-loving listeners
Grady the dog and other critters are becoming members of their local pubmedia stations, boosting donations and getting special premiums.With crowdfunding, rethink your expectations for engaging public media’s supporters
As a growing number of public media organizations turn to Kickstarter to raise funding for new projects — with mixed success — ...CPB financial report shows pubradio closing the gap with pubTV
CPB recently released its Public Broadcasting Revenue report (PDF) for fiscal year 2012. Findings about the number of contributions, total contributions and the ...Growth in aid to media foundations aimed mostly at web-based efforts
Foundation support for media-related activities increased 21 percent between 2009 and 2011, according to a study that examined how private philanthropies responded ...Diversified revenues are key to sustainability, Knight study finds
Nonprofit news organizations have made significant progress in developing healthy and sustainable revenue streams, according to a recent study by the Knight ...
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