System/Policy
‘All Funding Reconsidered’: A station staff dialogue
A fictional station meeting tackles the questions public media leaders can’t ignore.Mississippi Senate rejects governor’s pick for public broadcasting board
At a press conference Thursday, Gov. Tate Reeves said the decision represented an unfair attack on Cory Custer, his deputy chief of ...CPB leaders react to House hearing, federal funding threat
“There’s nothing more American than public media,” said Chair Ruby Calvert at Tuesday’s CPB board meeting.New York state senator wants tax credit for pubmedia journalism jobs
Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal sponsored a bill to allow public television and radio stations to claim an existing tax credit for ...Owner of St. Louis’ KDHX proposes selling license and tower to Christian broadcaster
The transaction between Double Helix Corp. and K-Love must be approved by a bankruptcy judge.What to do about the looming end of U.S. public broadcasting
"The incipient demise of public broadcasting, even after 58 years of support, should be a reminder that economic dependence on the government ...Rep. Greene calls for defunding CPB at end of hearing with pubmedia leaders
NPR CEO Katherine Maher testified along with PBS CEO Paula Kerger, Alaska Public Media CEO Ed Ulman and Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow ...New EEOC guidance axes diversity provision in NPR union contract
The agreement had required that at least 30% of external candidates interviewed for open bargaining unit positions be from underrepresented groups.Nielsen change shows positive results for radio listening, but ‘it’s still early’
Nielsen is now using a shorter minimum time to count listening, which is helping to boost key metrics for stations.Louisville Public Media offers buyouts, anticipates further cuts
“While we wish this voluntary program would alleviate the need for other actions, we know that it likely won’t be enough,” LPM’s ...Who benefits most from CPB funding? A state-by-state look at station grants
"Faced with the loss of public media’s chief financier, how do we evaluate the performance of CPB itself?"NPR, PBS CEOs to testify before congressional subcommittee March 26
The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency announced Wednesday details of the “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the heads of NPR and PBS Accountable” ...Chicago Public Media avoids layoffs as 35 employees accept buyouts
The organization is saving $4.2 million through the buyouts and other cost-saving moves.Judge declines to force FEMA to release NGWS funds
The federal judge, nominated by President Trump in 2017, said CPB failed to show that not restoring the funds immediately would harm ...North Dakota Senate vote allows funding for public broadcasting, but no guarantee
The North Dakota Senate defeated a bill that would ban state or federal funding for public broadcasting, but some senators who voted against ...
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