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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…
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Alex Curley
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.
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Alex Curley
Public Media's Kobayashi Maru
America's federally-funded broadcasters are losing both their funding and their funder by the end of the year. What now?
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Alex Curley
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Sending Donors to At-Risk Stations Is Having a Halo Effect on All of Public Media
A look at Adopt A Station's outbound traffic and impact. Plus, a few big changes to the site.
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Alex Curley
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July 2025

Introducing Adopt A Station
A site, built within the span of 24 hours, that connects stations at risk of closing with donors.
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Alex Curley
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Here's How Many Public Media Stations Are at Risk of Closing
A study by Semipublic shows that up to 15% of local stations may not be able to survive the end of federal funding, including all stations with a…
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Alex Curley
Estimating and Predicting Financial Distress in Public Media Entities
Public media's federal and state funding is no longer guaranteed. Is there a way to calculate which stations can weather the storm?
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Alex Curley
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Introducing the Public Media Jobs Index: June 2025
Public media jobs listings are down 24% compared to this time last year.
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Alex Curley

June 2025

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