System/Policy
Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures writers organize under WGA-East
The writers for the companies work on PBS Kids shows such as “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” and “Odd Squad.”WETA cuts 5% of workforce, cancels three local television programs
The station, home to marquee national series such as “PBS News Hour,” will trim $4.4 million in spending.Illinois Public Media lays off two employees, cuts open positions
The dual licensee, owned by the University of Illinois, is eliminating five jobs through a combination of layoffs and attrition.Five jobs eliminated in WFUV reorganization
The leadership team will be reconfigured as GM Chuck Singleton shifts focus to fundraising and sustainability.Community Radio for Northern Colorado reduces staffing by 20%
Layoffs announced Tuesday affect eight jobs at Greeley-based KUNC and The Colorado Sound.Alabama Public Television eliminates jobs of 11 workers
The layoffs affect 13% of staff and involve cancellation of two local productions.PBS lays off 34 employees in response to federal funding loss
The network has eliminated close to 100 positions this summer.Houston Public Media cuts nine jobs
In addition to the loss of $2.2 million in CPB funding, the dual licensee projects downturns in underwriting revenues and car donations. ...Kentucky Educational Television eliminates 36 positions
KET, like other public media organizations, is absorbing the loss of federal funding to CPB.Classical California reduces workforce due to funding cuts
The organization is losing $1.1 million in annual revenue with the rescission of CPB funds.Grant program for tribal radio stations will start in October, Sen. Rounds says
The program will be administered through the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Indigenous Connectivity and Technology, according to Sen. Rounds’ staff.Vermont Public slashes 15 positions amid federal cuts to pubmedia
The state network is looking to save at least $1.5 million annually.Tribal radio stations wait on $9M pledged in congressional handshake deal
“I certainly can’t budget anything that I don’t know is coming, so I’m definitely not planning for it now,” said one station ...Ira Glass to pubmedia: ‘The time of invention does not need to be over’
It’s an “enormously energizing moment to be on the radio and doing journalism,” Glass told attendees at the Public Media Content Conference.South Dakota Public Broadcasting to reduce workforce by 25%
“If 1% of South Dakotans donated, our problem would largely be taken care of,” said Executive Director Julie Overgaard in making a ...
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