System/Policy
Futures Forum explores pubmedia’s leadership transition
Upcoming leadership changes in public media will be the focus of Friday’s Public Media Futures Forum in Washington, D.C., the latest in ...Gains, losses spread unevenly across pubcasting stations
Reductions in tax-based support for pubcasting have shortened the financial gap between public television and radio stations, accelerating public TV’s decade-long financial ...Podcast lawsuits provoke pubmedia attention, presidential action
A brewing legal fight initiated by Personal Audio, a Texas-based company that claims to have invented podcasting technology, has entered a new ...PubTV stations move to pitch sustainer gifts during pledge
“Sustainers,” as this increasingly commonplace breed of member is called, renew at higher rates than those responding to traditional pledge pitches.APTS chief sees renewed battle over CPB aid
APTS President Patrick Butler is warning public broadcasters of continued threats to their federal funding this summer as Congress takes up work ...Spectrum speculator LocusPoint and KCSM licensee reach FCC auction deal
The contract paves the way for public TV station KCSM to go dark if a wireless company buys its broadcast spectrum.WBAI fails to meet payroll, pay rent
Money shortfalls at New York’s WBAI, one of two Pacifica Foundation stations that must relocate their studios later this month, continue to ...Kerger describes factionalism within pubTV as system’s greatest threat
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — PBS President Paula Kerger called for local public TV stations and PBS to move beyond their reputations as ...Upstate N.Y. pubradio outlet goes silent
The newest public radio station in New York State went dark May 9, ending a six-year attempt to bring a local voice ...CPTV’s mobile venture to share revenues with PTV outlets
Connecticut Public Television has joined with a digital media company in rolling out a new mobile platform that will offer digital downloads ...Appropriation cuts lead to layoffs and furloughs throughout CPB
CPB has laid off 12 employees and eliminated three vacant positions in a downsizing prompted by the federal budget sequestration and other ...Deadlines to relocate, raise money weigh on Pacifica stations
The Pacifica radio network rarely enjoys a drama-free moment, but with two of its five stations on a tight schedule to find ...Friendly takeover of Spokane’s KSPS
When the Spokane Public School District was considering selling its PBS station, KSPS, it did not have to look far to find ...Obama nominates former PBS board member Tom Wheeler to head FCC
President Obama has nominated cable and wireless lobbyist Tom Wheeler, a former member of the PBS Board, to chair the Federal Communications ...A digital revolution for public radio fundraising
Marketing consultant John Sutton has been forecasting what public radio will look like in 2018, and his predictions, published on his blog RadioSutton ...
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