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Seattle public radio station KUOW announced Tuesday that it would lay off eight members of its staff and cancel its award-winning RadioActive youth radio program.
A legislative panel on Thursday narrowly rejected a proposed 20% reduction to Arkansas PBS’ spending authority for fiscal year 2025.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 on Tuesday to ban noncompete agreements that prevent tens of millions of employees from working for competitors or starting a competing business after they leave a job.
Listeners are tuning out. Sponsorship revenue has dipped. A diversity push has generated internal turmoil. Can America’s public radio network turn things around?
KQED is initiating staff buyouts, an effort to reduce costs in the face of a budget deficit, SFGATE has learned.
The FCC’s Media Bureau and the Pacifica Foundation, the licensee of WBAI in New York, have entered into a Consent Decree to conclude an investigation into the station’s compliance with federal underwriting and sponsorship identification regulations.
When covering gun violence, developing sources within the communities hit hardest by constant gunfire and presenting their stories front and center is crucial. However, many community members in these areas distrust the media thanks to decades of coverage primarily focused on the violent crime that occurs in these communities and little else.
Merrillville-based Lakeshore Public Media was awarded a matching fund grant totaling $100,000 from Legacy Foundation. Legacy Foundation is a community foundation in Lake County. The grant is part of the Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow program.
The Sesame Workshop has averted a picket line outside its New York headquarters, as a new contract deal with its unionized writers was reached on Friday night.
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