Public Broadcasting

Public Broadcasting Expects a Mere 'Haircut' in New Budget

Stevie Converse — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:22:04 -0400

Full article: The Wrap
Cassie M. Chew
Funding for Sesame Street, the PBS NewsHour and other public-television programming will remain relatively intact following an intense debate in Congress. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides grants to public television and radio stations across the country, expects to receive a reduction of just under $1 million this fiscal year,

Public Media and Political Independence: Lessons for the Future of Journalism from Around the World

Stevie Converse — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:09:23 -0500

Full article: SavetheNews.org
Rodney Benson and Matthew Powers
How can public media be adequately funded and protected from partisan political meddling? These decisions do not need to be made in a vacuum. The lessons of other democratic nations, many of whose public media systems have been around long before American public broadcasting, are instructive.

President's Budget Preserves CPB

Stevie Converse — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:33:22 -0500

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
The president preserved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the 2012 budget. That is funding Republicans are trying to zero out in their version of funding the government through the rest of this year.

Markey Praises Obama Budget for Protecting Public Broadcasting

Stevie Converse — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:33:17 -0500

Full article: The Hill
Sara Jerome
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) praised President Obama for presenting a budget proposal that preserves public broadcasting, despite a call by House Republicans to stop government funding to TV and radio stations. Markey said that the President's budget "wisely increases funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps to support the production of high quality, informative and educational programming" that is produced locally and reaches virtually every household in the country.

European Broadcasters Channeling Fear

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:37:16 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Eric Pfanner
If there is one thing that European commercial television broadcasters like less than a recession, it is that other "R" word -- regulation.

Media Minutes (2010-07-09-2)

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:35:07 -0400

Media Minutes: July 9, 2010

Stevie Converse — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:34:12 -0400

The National Congress of American Indians passed a resolution in support of Net Neutrality and the efforts of the FCC to reestablish its authority to regulate the broadband industry. Finland declared broadband access a legal right for its citizens. And the DISH satellite network is suing the FCC over a legal requirement to carry HD public broadcasting

Media Minutes (2010-07-09)

Stevie Converse — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:28:44 -0400

Dear N.J. Gov.: Don't Gut Your Public Media

Stevie Converse — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:37:25 -0400

Full article: In These Times
Megan Tady
If ever there were a state in need of a vicious press corps, with reporters camped out at the statehouse with the vigilance of teenage girls trying to score Justin Bieber tickets, New Jersey would be it. But now the state-owned TV station faces severe budget cuts that could cripple its ability to deliver local news coverage.

Media Minutes: May 7, 2010

Candace Clement — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:55:58 -0400

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his proposal to adopt a broadband policy framework that will promote universal Internet access and protect Net Neutrality. And leaders in public and noncommercial media gathered at the FCC to tackle some challenging questions about new journalism business models and the future of community media.