6th May 2025
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.
6th February 2025
How Israel’s government is putting pressure on KAN
Through a series of proposed bills, the Israeli government has tried to interfere with the governance, funding and ownership of the country’s public service broadcaster.
5th January 2024
Update: Polish public media put into liquidation
The new Polish government has put public media entities into liquidation, following a political dispute over the organisation.
21st December 2023
Swedish public media feeling financial and political pressures
SR and SVT have announced important changes following new savings plans, while political scrutiny of public media rises.
28th November 2023
NZ: Independence of PSM criticised by Deputy PM
New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister has attacked the independence of PSMs over their use of the indigenous Māori language.
29th May 2020
Hong Kong: Growing pressure on editorial independence and press freedom
The editorial independence of Hong Kong’s public broadcaster RTHK comes under increasing pressure as a new security law poses a direct threat to journalists and press freedom