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Report updates foundation giving numbers
Here’s some good news on the funding front: The more than 75,000 grantmaking foundations in America increased their giving 2.8 percent in ...Nine Peabody Awards for pubcasters
“Giant Pool of Money,” the ground-breaking story on the sub-prime mortgage crisis that was jointly reported by NPR’s Adam Davidson and This ...Happy trees indeed
An April Fool’s Day joke, or a quirky tribute to a famous pubcasting painter? You decide. On Thursday, the Gallery Bar on ...Pubcasting host laments White House press conferences
Llewellyn King, exec producer and host of White House Chronicle on PBS, is fuming over President Barack Obama’s choice of reporters to ...CPB ombudsman details complaints
CPB ombudsman Ken A. Bode writes in his Ombudsman’s Mailbag column about several viewer concerns. Issues include commentator Gwen Ifill’s “unfortunate appearance ...Couple’s aid helps fund tower in honor of sister
KUAR/KLRE in Little Rock, Ark., tells this sweet, good-news story about an elderly couple who helped fund the pubradio stations’ move to ...‘A good day’ for Virginia pubcasting
Virginia pubcasters statewide are no doubt relieved that Gov. Tim Kaine said Monday he will issue a line-item veto for the $1 ...Telecom exec named to head NTIA
The White House nominated Lawrence E. Strickling to head the Commerce Department’s NTIA, the agency that administers annual rounds of PTFP matching ...Intel chips in some cash for NewsHour
PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer has signed a major new corporate underwriter, Intel Corp., through the rest of 2009. As part of ...No snacks for thrifty PBS board
How bad is the economy? So bad that treats for PBS board members are disappearing. At the meeting today in Arlington, Va., ...HuffPo launches investigative unit with $1.75 mil
The Huffington Post has unveiled details of its expansion into investigative journalism. With an initial budget of $1.75 million, the Huffington Post ...Channeling ire over NPR fundraising
That brouhaha over a proposed NPR pledge drive? It’s based on outdated assumptions about the potential for pubradio growth, according to marketing ...Author looks to a more dynamic public media
Jessica Clark, author of a a recent white paper on public media, shares thoughts on the future of public broadcasting in an ...Some stations lagging in PBS dues
PBS station paid dues are running about 4 percent behind last year at this date, network CFO Barbara Landes told the board ...Nonprofits in dire straits, report says
The nation’s nonprofits are in serious trouble, according to a report released today by the Nonprofit Finance Fund. It’s a survey of ...
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