System/Policy
House subcommittee recommends more funding for Next Generation Warning System
If approved, it would be the third large infusion of funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency–backed program.CPB’s first post-pandemic analysis of stations finds stagnating radio revenue, drop in TV income
The latest State of the System report was shared during the Public Media Business Association’s annual conference.Louisville Public Media lays off eight staff amid budget shortfall
The station is facing a budget deficit of more than $750,000.Kwame Alexander created a poem about public media with help from ‘Viewers Like You’
“A human network / A community / coming together in unity / generations engaged / together.”Nebraska Public Media receives donation of online news sites
NPM is engaging with freelance writers who have covered arts and culture in the Omaha area to resume publishing online content later ...San Francisco’s KQED eliminates 34 positions
The station is also ending its podcast "Rightnowish."Boston’s GBH lays off 31 staff due to $7M budget gap
GBH is also suspending the shows "Greater Boston," "Talking Politics" and "Basic Black" but plans to “reinvent” them as digital-first programs, said ...Wife of lawmaker critical of Arkansas PBS joins network’s governing board
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced May 6 she had appointed Maria Sullivan to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission.NPR, stations object to proposed FCC rules on reporting outages
More filing requirements would strain already limited resources, the broadcasters said in comments to the commission.Public eye on NPR spurred editorial additions, says Chapin
With NPR in the news, questions circulated about what the network wanted to do and what would be helpful, said Editor in ...CapRadio, endowment at odds over proposed PBS KVIE merger
The Capital Public Radio Endowment Board argues that the best future for CapRadio would be a merger with the TV station.KQED to lay off 18 to 25 staff
The layoffs will be part of a “range of cuts'' at the station.CPB grant funds Nielsen Local Dashboards for PBS member stations
The Nielsen Local Dashboards are expected to be available to member stations beginning in late May and will show them “local market ...CPB CEO responds to questions from Ted Cruz about NPR funding
Cruz had written to CPB's CEO to “express deep concern" about what he called NPR's "departure from its stated mission.”LAist offers staff buyouts amid budget gap
The organization is “facing a significant budget shortfall over the next two years in the range of $4-$5 million.”
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