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Public Media's New Era Begins Today, For Better or For Worse
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is (functionally) dead. Long live public broadcasting.
Oct 1
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Alex Curley
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September 2025
My Helene Story, One Year Later
In July, I was asked to talk about why preserving public media's federal funding was important with Sen. Kelly and Rep. McGarvey. Here's what I told…
Sep 26
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Alex Curley
4
Free Press and Current Join Semipublic's CPB Records Request
The two companies have co-signed a records request Semipublic and the State of Local News Project at Northwestern University’s Medill School of…
Sep 17
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Alex Curley
3
Introducing the Public Media Layoffs Tracker
A new tool from Semipublic shows how many public media jobs have been lost since the rescissions package passed Congress.
Sep 16
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Alex Curley
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Federal Funding Cuts Claim Its First Public Media Station
Yesterday afternoon, Penn State announced that they'd be shuttering WPSU FM and TV in June of next year.
Sep 12
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Alex Curley
3
We're Officially Asking CPB for Station Records - Here's Why
Semipublic sent a records request to CPB requesting AFR, FSR, SAS, and SABS data submitted by grantee stations from fiscal year 2024.
Sep 8
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Alex Curley
1
Public Media Jobs Index: August 2025
Stations begin reacting to July's rescissions package.
Sep 5
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Alex Curley
2
A Labor Day Pledge from Semipublic
I'm making my CPB data free to access for anyone who wants to use it. Plus, a few words about the future.
Sep 1
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Alex Curley
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August 2025
Public Media Relies on State Funding More Than You Think
A quick look at the ever-increasing list of states slashing public media funding.
Aug 28
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Alex Curley
4
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Adopt A Station Is Growing, and We Need Your Help
We're changing how the rotating "adopt" section works to include more stations, plus our social media debut.
Aug 21
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Alex Curley
11
Here’s How Much Revenue NPR and PBS Stand to Lose
Semipublic projects PBS could lose around 15% of their total yearly revenue due to federal funding cuts, while NPR could lose less than a tenth. Both…
Aug 14
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Alex Curley
9
Public Media Jobs Index: July 2025
Job listings are still down year-over-year, but July's numbers did slightly increase despite devastating industry news.
Aug 7
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Alex Curley
5
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