@TokenBoomer to politics • 1 year agoJournalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Fundedwww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square64arrow-up1638arrow-down119file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoPublicly funded doesn’t mean government controlled, PBS and NPR only get about 10% of their budgets from the government. Most of it comes from Viewers like You! (Donations)
minus-square@SheeEttinlinkEnglish1•1 year ago NPR’s two largest revenue sources are corporate sponsorships and fees paid by NPR Member organizations https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances 39% corporate and 31% fees, compared to 12% from contributions. I think federal funding grants fall under the 8% “other” in that breakdown.
Publicly funded doesn’t mean government controlled, PBS and NPR only get about 10% of their budgets from the government. Most of it comes from Viewers like You! (Donations)
https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances
39% corporate and 31% fees, compared to 12% from contributions. I think federal funding grants fall under the 8% “other” in that breakdown.