Blackouts, reforms, and a quota for streamers | The PMA Briefing

The protracted reform of public media in Germany has cleared a major hurdle, and Australia will make global streamers invest in local content.

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CPB: What You’ll Miss When It’s Gone

As CPB will have to cease its operations, audiences will find out what disappears when public media's lifeline is cut.

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CPB to wind down operations

PMA: The closure of CPB will harm Americans’ access to independent, trusted, and life-saving public service media content.

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A consequential week for public media | The PMA Briefing

From defunding and media mergers to cash injections and debates over prominence, this week has been a consequential one for public media.

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Statement on defunding of US public media

The Public Media Alliance is deeply troubled by the final US Congress approval that strips advance funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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PMA: Senate must reject CPB funding cuts

PMA is deeply concerned for the future of public media in the US after the House approved the rescission package, impacting CPB's funding.

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PMA extends support to US public media

US public media has taken legal action, claiming the executive order that directs the end of all federal funding breaches the First Amendment.

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Trump & GOP wants to end all funding for NPR and PBS

The Trump administration's crackdown on PSM intensifies with the recent White House executive order to cease all federal funding for NPR and PBS. 

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PMA calls for withdrawal of executive order instructing end to federal funding for PBS and NPR

The Public Media Alliance calls on President Trump to rescind his Executive Order instructing the end to federal funding for PBS and NPR.

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End of federal funds would break fabric of public national network, says NPR’s CEO

NPR President & CEO Katherine Maher cautions that federal funding cuts could dismantle the infrastructure of US public radio and broadcasting.