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Legal claims, transparency boards & funding restructures | The PMA Briefing

VOA journalists sue the White House again, ORF launches transparency board, and funding uncertainty for public media in Poland and Czechia.

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Unexpected funding, strikes and cancelled mergers | The PMA Briefing

New bill allocates USAGM $650 million, while public media workers at Rai Sports and Radio Educación threaten to strike.

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Standoffs, closures, and reforms | The PMA Briefing

CPB votes to dissolve; RTS unions in dispute with management; Major restructure for Czech TV; LRT’s funding freeze challenged

What will the future look like for public media? | The PMA Briefing

As CBC/Radio-Canada unveils its new 5-year strategy, dark clouds are hanging above PSM in the NL, Czechia and Georgia.

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Public media mergers: no small feat

We take a look at five projects of public service media mergers, which are often seen as a solution to some of the challenges facing PSM.

PMA joins call to maintain existing US visa system for foreign journalists

PMA has joined over 100 media organisations in calling to reject proposed changes that would reduce coverage coming from the United States.

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Supporting journalism and public media | The PMA Briefing

Calls to end killing of journalists in Gaza; Guinea-Bissau expels Portuguese news orgs; BBC local reporting service milestone; philanthropic support for US public media.

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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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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 statement on BBC detained staff, and White House accusations

The BBC debunked criticisms of biased coverage from the White House, while a BBC team were detained by Israeli military forces