System/Policy
NPR budget for 2013 projects $5 million deficit
The 2013 budget approved by the NPR Board Sept. 14 projects a $5.1 million operating deficit, with expenses adding up to $185.5 ...Key GOP lawmaker to CPB: Pubcasting needs a new pitch on Capitol Hill
House Republican Don Young, the 39-year veteran representative from Alaska’s at-large district and a longtime backer of public broadcasting, told the Corporation ...CPB report to Capitol Hill countering “continued and pervasive” opposition to federal funding
CPB’s financial analysis on alternative funding sources for public broadcasting, prepared by consultants at Booz & Co. and delivered to Congress in ...Jefferson Public Radio’s deal with university splits radio from real estate
A new agreement between Southern Oregon University and Jefferson Public Radio settles the months-long dispute between the two parties over control of ...Closure, finally, in sale of Palm Beach pubTV station
Eight years after the “For Sale” sign first went up on WXEL-TV/FM, the transaction resolving the future of pubcasting in Florida’s affluent ...NHPTV pairs with WGBH to bolster its program line-up
After discussions lasting nearly a year, New Hampshire Public Television and Boston’s WGBH have hammered out a collaboration to coordinate program schedules ...Embattled Pacifica director to exit immediately
The financially troubled Pacifica Foundation has new interim leadership following an Aug. 16 vote by its national board to immediately replace Executive ...WGBH widens radio reach with PRI acquisition
WGBH’s acquisition of Public Radio International, announced July 26, positions the station and network to step up their longtime collaboration as co-producers.. ...Pacifica budget cuts delayed
Leaders of the Pacifica Foundation will seek a new executive director and are asking stations for financial information before ordering across-the-board cuts ...Thicket of uncertainty for federal aid
Public broadcasters face multiple and serious uncertainties on Capitol Hill over the next few months. A spending bill approved by the House subcommittee ...Exclusive interview: Alabama Public Television COO Grantham resigns
Charles Grantham, chief operating officer of Alabama Public Television, has resigned, effective Aug. 31. Grantham told Current that the “additional stress and frustrations” at ...Reimagining public media outside of its ‘ever-shrinking box’
At a Media Impact Funders event, attendees considered new funding models and new ways to measure the impact of public media’s efforts.PBS discount plan a ‘no-brainer’ for WLVT
The public TV station serving eastern Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley recently decided that the best way to survive as an independent station was ...Ten stations below CPB grants criteria
At least 10 public television stations could be at risk of losing vital CPB community service grants this fiscal year and next ...Pubcasters in R.I., N.H. go independent as they lose state funding
Two New England public television stations are moving to sever their ties to state and university licensees, cutting loose to become community-based ...
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