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NPR, Colorado stations present case for blocking Trump’s executive order

NPR’s attorney Theodore Boutrous argued Thursday that the May 1 order “openly seeks to retaliate against NPR.” ...
Colorado Public Radio

NPR, CPR and other Colorado public radio stations battle Trump’s defunding of public media

A pivotal hearing arguing the Trump administration broke the law with its treatment of public media took place in Washington ...

After federal funding cuts, tribal radio station says silence is not an option

Several dozen tribal radio stations were caught in the crossfire of federal funding cuts this fall. NPR's Frank Langfitt visited one station in Colorado navigating its survival.
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NPR rooted in stations that still require federal dollars

When Gary Knell officially started work this month as NPR’s president, he probably found no shortage of ideas about what he should do with an organization that has recently survived bad headlines, ...
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Opinion: Why NPR’s dispute with CPB really is about the First Amendment

Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a bunch of opinions about “NPR taking CPB to court” over interconnection funding. Some are ill-informed (“clinging to distribution”) or disingenuous (the ...
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NPR reports ‘exceptional’ performance of digital revenue-sharing programs

NPR’s programs to help raise funds for public radio stations have exceeded expectations, network executives reported during a Friday board meeting. The NPR Network revenue programs, which include ...
Philadelphia Tribune

PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts

NEW YORK (AP) — Coping with a sudden loss in federal funding, PBS affiliate KSPS in Spokane, Washington, faced a surprise extra hurdle. Many of its contributing members — at one point almost half — ...
NPR

Judge sets trial over whether CPB pulled back from NPR due to White House pressure

NPR's lawsuit against its decades-long partner, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is headed for trial in December, a federal judge ruled Thursday. It is another marker of the Trump ...
CurrentOpinion

Opinion: Competition for technology services will help transform public media

When acquired, Public Interactive was kept separate from NPR’s own tech teams. It remained in Boston rather than moving to ...
NPR

CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House. The arrangement resolves ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Local Stations Fear for the Worst in the Wake of NPR Controversy

As the NPR video controversy grabs headlines in Washington, public radio stations in local markets across the country are particularly worried that they will be the ones most hurt by the fallout. Some ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Two Questions NPR’s Board Should Ask

The forced resignation of Vivian Schiller as NPR’s chief executive offers a sobering case study for nonprofit-board watchers everywhere and raises at least two questions that should be asked more ...