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CPB pushes back on NPR request for restraining order

CPB leaders spoke out Monday against NPR’s filing in federal court that aims to keep the corporation from giving money for satellite interconnection to another organization. CPB announced Friday that ...
Current

Opinion: Clinging to distribution is costing NPR a chance to focus on its strengths

This commentary was first published on the author’s LinkedIn page and is republished here with permission. CPB gave NPR a gift. NPR thanked them with a restraining order. This may be an odd way to ...
CNN

PBS and NPR funding cuts are hitting home as government shutdown looms

Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out. With Tuesday marking the end of the federal government’s fiscal ...
Washington Examiner

NPR and PBS federal funding halted as GOP ignores Democrats’ shutdown demands

National Public Radio is ramping up its fundraising efforts during its first day without federal funding and an uncertain future ahead with a GOP-controlled Congress. “Today marks the first day in ...
Radio Ink

Public Radio Fractures as NPR Battles CPB Over Network Control

For decades, NPR has operated public radio’s content distribution backbone. Now, as federal funding ends, a feud is erupting in the sphere as a new coalition, backed by the Corporation for Public ...
NPR

Energy Dept. tells employees not to use words including 'climate change' and 'green'

The Department of Energy has told employees to avoid using certain words, including "climate change," "green" and "sustainable," according to an internal email sent to staff and obtained by NPR. The ...
The News Herald

Defunded WKGC Public Media cuts NPR from its broadcasts, announces schedule changes

A public radio station in Bay County, Florida, has lost its government funding. WKGC Public Media can no longer afford to broadcast popular NPR shows. The station is replacing NPR content with a new ...
Long Island Press

Roslyn High School junior earns national honor in NPR Podcast Contest

The annual contest, launched in 2018, invites students from grades 4 through 12 to create original audio stories on topics of their choice. This year NPR received more than 2,000 entries from across ...
NPR

DACA has bipartisan support in Congress, but Republicans are following Trump's lead

Congressional Republicans are waiting on President Trump to signal he is ready to negotiate a permanent solution for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. NPR's ...
NPR

Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown

The Trump administration is blaming Democrats for the government shutdown in internal federal agency communications as well as public agency websites, in what experts say could be a violation of ...
Radio World

NPR Sues to Block CPB Grant Awarded to New Coalition

Shortly after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it had awarded a large grant to a newly formed coalition to handle public radio distribution, National Public Radio asked a ...