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Small, midsize stations make progress with major-donor fundraising
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Small and midsize stations must be especially creative in developing ways to engage and grow their pools of major donors.
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Farewell, tote bags: PBS Passport draws younger donors as membership reward
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More than a year after its debut, PBS and stations are reaping rewards of the on-demand offering and planning for its future.
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Sesame Workshop named semifinalist in $100M MacArthur Foundation grant competition
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Its proposal, one of eight selected as semifinalists, targets children who face violence, limited access to education, loss of loved ones and other challenges.
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PBS will help stations convert social media followers to donors during March pledge
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Stations will work with Goodworld.me, a platform that streamlines the process of making donations via Facebook and Twitter.
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‘Nova’ sets $2.25M stretch goal for first Kickstarter campaign
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With crowd backing, a science special featuring David Pogue would be distributed to every U.S. high school.
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PBS Development, stations to test social media fundraising platform
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A pilot campaign will use Goodworld.me technology to support the March pledge drives of up to 10 stations.
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Knight Foundation report: Public radio needs to work harder to adopt digital-first orientation
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“From Airwaves to Earbuds: Lessons From Knight Investments in Digital Audio and Podcasting,” finds that the public radio system is “not yet well positioned for audience-first, digital delivery.”
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Knight News Match raises more than $1.2 million
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“This is yet another sign that the public is willing to pay for quality journalism,” said Jennifer Preston, Knight Foundation’s VP of journalism.
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API publishes guidelines for philanthropic funding of news
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The ethical framework, which offers best practices for ensuring editorial independence, emerged from two years of work with grant-makers and leaders of nonprofit media outlets.
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Former employees describe end of Oregon call center
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Our coverage of the demise of Comnet Marketing Group brought responses from former staffers.
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With post-election pitches, the Guardian puts a left-leaning spin on U.S. public media fundraising
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Donald Trump’s win provided an occasion for an effective pitch to readers as the U.K. media entity builds up a new income stream.
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NPR Board approves donations from overseas NPR One listeners
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The network had to change its bylaws to allow contributions directly from individuals.
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PBS adopts Apple Pay, enabling one-click donations for stations
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Member stations will have access to donor data.
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California Arts Council report outlines changes to public media program
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The council will consider the new guidelines in December and begin accepting applications for grants in 2017.
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Collapse of Oregon call center leaves public media in the lurch
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Comnet Marketing Group apparently shut down with little notice and murky explanations.
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Community radio stations prepare coordinated year-end fundraiser
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The National Federation of Community Broadcasters is looking for new ways to increase revenue for community stations.
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Small fire derails KALW pledge drive
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The fire affected the station’s lines for fundraising calls.
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PBS hopes to raise funds for stations with ‘Nerd’ campaign
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PBS Development Services will launch the PBS Nerd peer-to-peer pilot this fall.
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PBS drops out of PMDMC, will offer development tracks at its meetings
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Greater Public President Doug Eichten said PBS’s decision “came as a surprise and a disappointment.”
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While sustainers are growing, experts say public radio still needs new donors
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Efforts to build sustainer files have shifted from conversion to acquisition, according to a recent study by Target Analytics.