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DGs, job cuts & funding crises | The PMA Briefing
- Austria: Board member files complaint with media regulator against new DG’s appointment, alleging “political coordination” and EMFA breaches.
- Taiwan: Legislative Yuan approves a NT$20 million funding cut for PTS, with a further NT$200 million frozen.
- New Zealand: RNZ promises to prioritise “trusted news, information and entertainment” as it cuts 10% of its workforce.
- South Africa: Mounting financial pressures and a funding shortfall threatens SABC’s local election coverage, as a parliamentary committee says it needs R120 million.
- Switzerland: New partnership brings 1.5 million programmes onto the national database of audiovisual archives.
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Can public media build its own social network?
Chicago Public Media is creating a network of online communities for the city's neighbourhoods, to bolster information access and community engagement.
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Pakistan, Uganda & South Africa | On Our Radar
On Our Radar this week: Pakistan press freedom restrictions, Uganda media shutdown ends, and SABC's 90th anniversary amid funding crisis.
Taiwan: Funding proposals endanger public media
PMA is deeply concerned by proposals before Taiwan's Legislative Yuan to significantly cut the annual budget of its public broadcaster, PTS.
The US | On Our Radar
The US ends open-ended visas for foreign correspondents, with consequences that will be felt by newsrooms and audiences beyond America.
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“The safety of female journalists is a fundamental requirement for democracy”
Professor Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, University of Lagos, Nigeria on women journalist safety in West Africa.
Beyond Britain: The Global Value of the BBC
A PMA symposium, in partnership with the Centre for Journalism and Democracy, exploring why the BBC matters internationally.
CBU Annual General Assembly 2026
The Public Media Alliance will host a special session on AI and the future of Caribbean media at the CBU AGA 2026 in August.
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