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House Votes to Cut Off Federal Funds for NPR

WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday voted to end federal funding to National Public Radio. Republican supporters said it made good fiscal sense, and Democratic opponents called it an ideological attack that would deprive local stations of access to programs such as "Car Talk" and "All Things Considered." The bill, passed...

Opinion: Why NPR Should Call for an End to Taxpayer Support

On Monday, National Public Radio's now-departed CEO Vivian Schiller made an impassioned plea for continued federal funding, saying that cutting taxpayer money would have "a profound impact" on public broadcasting. "Modest as it is," she said at the National Press Club, "government funding is critical because it allows...

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller's Ouster May Be Last Straw for Taxpayer Funding

WASHINGTON -- Republicans set on eliminating taxpayer funding of public broadcasting would be hard-pressed to write a better script than the recent comedy of errors that reached a dramatic climax today with NPR CEO Vivian Schiller's resignation. The public radio network survived efforts by conservative lawmakers in 1995...

CEO Vivian Schiller Defends NPR Against Budget Cuts

WASHINGTON -- The embattled head of NPR laid out the case today for rejecting Republican lawmakers' efforts to end federal funding for public broadcasting, even while acknowledging that the network had a "perception" problem for its poor handling of the firing of commentator Juan Williams and other missteps. Five months...

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06/01/12 Clare O'neil Appointed New Saarf Chair Source: AllAfrica.com Clare O'Neil replaces Sarel du Plessis, CEO of the Marketing Association of South Africa and chairperson of The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) since May 2007, as the new chair of SAARF.
05/31/12 Scandinavian public media fight for their right to grow Source: Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) From cuts to controversies, NPR and PBS haven't had an easy time of it lately.
05/31/12 Communications Authority Press Release in May Source: Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority In May 2012, the CA considered the submissions of Phoenix U Radio Limited (Phoenix U Radio) and was satisfied that Phoenix U Radio had complied with the milestone under its sound broadcasting licence, to broadcast not fewer than one 24-hour sound broadcasting service channel each day within 18 months after the grant of the licence (i.e. by 21 September 2012).
05/30/12 Denmark launches new public radio network Source: The Kicker - Columbia Journalism Review On a Friday afternoon in November, Denmark's latest experiment in public broadcasting had only been up and running for two and a half weeks.
05/29/12 Don't complain about Dutch TV news Source: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep In the ongoing battle for young viewers, the Dutch NOS public service broadcaster has introduced a new look and feel to its authoritative evening television news slot.