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		<title>Pacifica misses CPB deadlines, holding up funding for stations</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/pacifica-misses-cpb-deadlines-holding-up-funding-for-stations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/pacifica-misses-cpb-deadlines-holding-up-funding-for-stations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Berthold Reimers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSGs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacifica]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPB has withheld financial support for the Pacifica Foundation’s five radio stations after the organization missed deadlines for fixing errors and shortcomings in its accounting and operations. The errors were discovered during a CPB audit last year that cited Pacifica &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/pacifica-misses-cpb-deadlines-holding-up-funding-for-stations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nominee for FCC chair pledges to stick to spectrum auction schedule</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/nominee-for-fcc-chair-pledges-to-stick-to-spectrum-auction-schedule/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/nominee-for-fcc-chair-pledges-to-stick-to-spectrum-auction-schedule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spectrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Wheeler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During his June 18 Senate confirmation hearing for the position of Federal Communications Commission chairman, presidential nominee Tom Wheeler said it is “absolutely crucial” for the federal government to maintain its intended schedule for spectrum incentive auctions. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/nominee-for-fcc-chair-pledges-to-stick-to-spectrum-auction-schedule/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Butler cautiously optimistic about spectrum auctions&#8217; effects on public broadcasting</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/butler-cautiously-optimistic-about-spectrum-auctions-effects-on-public-broadcasting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/butler-cautiously-optimistic-about-spectrum-auctions-effects-on-public-broadcasting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grahamvyse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Butler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spectrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spectrum auctions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=46811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As broadcasters and their representatives prepare for the FCC’s upcoming auction of television broadcast spectrum, public TV’s top lobbyist is proceeding with the view that it presents more opportunity for the field than a threat. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/butler-cautiously-optimistic-about-spectrum-auctions-effects-on-public-broadcasting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Salt Lake City&#8217;s KCPW cites program costs, duplication in canceling NPR programs</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/salt-lake-citys-kcpw-cites-program-costs-duplication-in-cancelling-npr-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/salt-lake-citys-kcpw-cites-program-costs-duplication-in-cancelling-npr-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Radio programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Sweeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KUER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Overlap stations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=46742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Salt Lake City pubcaster Wasatch Public Media, licensee of KCPW-FM, will drop all NPR programs June 24, a schedule change intended to save money and differentiate its service from other pubcasters in the market. &#8220;A lot of the decision just &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/salt-lake-citys-kcpw-cites-program-costs-duplication-in-cancelling-npr-programs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public media leaders debate value of internships, paid and unpaid</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/at-futures-forum-disagreement-over-unpaid-pubmedia-interns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/at-futures-forum-disagreement-over-unpaid-pubmedia-interns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Media Futures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WETA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=46744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As public and for-profit media companies come under new scrutiny for compensation of interns, public media executives debated how decisions to pay — or not pay — young talent support efforts to cultivate the next generation of system leaders. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/at-futures-forum-disagreement-over-unpaid-pubmedia-interns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Media Leadership: A Storify</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/the-future-of-media-leadership-a-storify/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/the-future-of-media-leadership-a-storify/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Sanchez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Region Public Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard University]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[University of Missouri]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[WBEZ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wyncote Foundation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=46700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Follow the conversation around the next generation of public media leaders with Current's Storify of the June 14 forum. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/the-future-of-media-leadership-a-storify/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DEI group unites public media&#8217;s young professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/dei-staffers-unveil-plans-for-new-network-of-young-professionals-in-public-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/dei-staffers-unveil-plans-for-new-network-of-young-professionals-in-public-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People in Public Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PMDMC]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=46616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of young public media professionals who began meeting informally last year to network and share ideas has moved to step up its profile. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/dei-staffers-unveil-plans-for-new-network-of-young-professionals-in-public-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Futures Forum explores pubmedia&#8217;s leadership transition</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/futures-forum-explores-pubmedias-leadership-transition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/futures-forum-explores-pubmedias-leadership-transition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Media Futures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USC Annenberg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=46586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Upcoming leadership changes in public media will be the focus of Friday’s Public Media Futures Forum in Washington, D.C., the latest in an ongoing series of conversations with luminaries in the field. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/futures-forum-explores-pubmedias-leadership-transition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gains, losses spread unevenly across pubcasting stations</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/gains-losses-spread-unevenly-across-pubcasting-stations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/gains-losses-spread-unevenly-across-pubcasting-stations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Sanchez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State of the System]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=46365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reductions in tax-based support for pubcasting have shortened the financial gap between public television and radio stations, accelerating public TV’s decade-long financial decline and demonstrating resilience within segments of the public radio system. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/gains-losses-spread-unevenly-across-pubcasting-stations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast lawsuits provoke pubmedia attention, presidential action</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/06/podcast-lawsuits-provoke-pubmedia-attention-presidential-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/06/podcast-lawsuits-provoke-pubmedia-attention-presidential-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Sanchez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bullseye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcasting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=46191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A brewing legal fight initiated by Personal Audio, a Texas-based company that claims to have invented podcasting technology, has entered a new policy arena. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/06/podcast-lawsuits-provoke-pubmedia-attention-presidential-action/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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