System/Policy
‘More of the same’: Bush request for $140+ million cutback
As in years past, the administration budget released on Feb. 5 [2007] calls for substantial cuts to CPB funding and other system ...Moyers commends optimism: Get up and try to be more
When Bill Moyers took the podium May 17 [2006] at PBS Showcase in Orlando, Fla., he stepped up to accept PBS’s “Be ...To probe Tomlinson CPB activities, reformers look to his other federal role
CPB isn’t covered by the Freedom of Information Act, so nonprofits probing Ken Tomlinson’s period as chairman continue trying to use FOIA ...Panel gets more specific about new services
A well-connected panel of business leaders, broadcasters and policy wonks last week got specific about what public broadcasting could do in the ...Democrats suggest ex-Sen. Pryor for one of the two CPB Board vacancies
The Senate Democratic leadership has asked the White House to appoint a Senate alumnus, David H. Pryor of Arkansas, to one of ...CPB inspector to investigate whether stations broke law in self-defense
CPB Inspector General Kenneth A. Konz says he will open an inquiry into whether public TV and radio stations used federal funds ...Tomlinson’s other job: State Dept. looks into his BBG role
The CPB inspector general’s harshly critical report on Kenneth Tomlinson is not the only scrutiny the former CPB Board chairman is facing. ...Doc-makers get specific about copyright fair use
Friday afternoon, things changed for producers who need to use somebody else’s footage and music in their documentaries. Clearing rights may still ...The wreckage: Journal quits with parting shots at public TV
The same week former CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson resigned from the CPB Board, public TV stations received a low-key announcement that the Wall ...CPB ombuds give minor attention to balance
Inspector General Kenneth A. Konz found fault with much of former Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson’s balance crusade, but his report did validate the ...The remedies: Reform ideas from all sides
What could Congress, CPB or anyone do to prevent the conflicts, failed decisions and other embarrassments bubbling out of the Tomlinson affair? ...Probe finds Tomlinson’s unilateral actions at CPB exceeded chair’s authority
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson repeatedly violated provisions of both the Public Broadcasting Act and the corporation’s guidelines for board members’ behavior, according to ...Review of Alleged Actions Violating the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, as Amended
Released by CPB Nov. 15, 2005 The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Office of Inspector General, has conducted a review of alleged violations of ...The ex-chairman’s reply: ‘My actions were open, lawful,’ sincere in intent
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, former CPB chairman, responded to the CPB inspector general’s Nov. 15, 2005, report with this statement, which was published ...Getler to measure PBS journalism against its goals
For the first time PBS has hired a journalist to critique the programs it distributes.
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