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President defends pubcasting, says proposed CPB cuts are “political statements”
President Obama defended public broadcasting in a press conference on Friday (March 11), reports The Hill. “I think it’s going to be important for ...NPR funding on House schedule for March 17
“Consideration of legislation relating to the federal funding of NPR” will occur in the House of Representatives on Thursday, March 17, according ...Bipartisan support waning, pubcasters fret
Jennifer Ferro, general manager of KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, Calif., was among pubcasters who spent time on Capitol Hill this week urging ...APT elevates Hamilton and Buxton
American Public Television announced that has promoted two staff members, Virginia Hamilton and Hilary Finkel Buxton. Hamilton, previously senior manager of APT’s ...WVIA promotes Currá
Tom Currá is the new second in command at WVIA in Pittston, Pa., the northeastern Pennsylvania and Central Susquehanna Valley PBS and ...Moyers weighs in on NPR uproar, accuses conservatives of double standard
“Let’s take a breath and put this NPR fracas into perspective,” advises pubcasting newsman Bill Moyers in Salon, writing with his Public ...Next NPR head needs balance between broadcast, multimedia, station execs say
Executives at several NPR member stations tell the Poynter Institute’s Mallary Jean Tenore they want NPR’s next c.e.o. to appreciate for the ...O’Keefe sting, part 2: Attempt to hide $5 mil gift blocked by Slocum, Schiller
In the second part of the right-wing undercover sting of NPR, released Thursday (March 10), a senior fundraiser told one of the ...NPR journos release letter to listeners, say they were “appalled” by taped comments
A letter to listeners from 22 NPR journalists, posted today (March 10) on media blogger Jim Romenesko’s website: An Open Letter from Journalists ...Vivian Schiller tells AP she had to depart NPR, due to federal funding fight
Former NPR President Vivian Schiller told the Associated Press today (March 10) that her staying on as network chief executive would have ...Pubcasting Caucus loses support of its former co-chairman
The Public Broadcasting Caucus has suffered its first defection in the aftermath of the NPR video sting, reports The Hill. Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas) ...Boston Herald reports on WGBH salaries; 14 employees make more than $200,000
“More than a dozen WGBH honchos at PBS’ taxpayer-subsidized flagship station are raking in upwards of $200,000 a year while toiling in ...Arts have been politicized by conservatives, Henry Louis Gates says
Harvard scholar and PBS documentarian Henry Louis Gates said he can’t imagine that any “self-respecting” member of Congress would vote to cut ...Rosen to public media: “These people want to destroy you”
Jay Rosen, journalism professor at New York University who blogs at PressThink, has a 10-point response to public media’s tactics for recovering ...Alabama senator urges end to NPR support in letter to Labor/HHS subcom chair
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) — the ranking Republican on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, ...
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