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The article focuses on the abrupt shutdown of Poland's main state television news channel, TVP Info, as members of the ousted former government, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, staged a sit-in to prevent the new, and centrist administration from taking control.

The article presents an interview with the newly selected BBC Chairman, Samir Shah, amid funding concerns and questions from lawmakers, following the resignation of the previous chairman, Richard Sharp, due to a political scandal involving a loan to Boris Johnson.

Reports on the announcement by the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) that it would eliminate 2,900 jobs over three years to save $610 million in annual costs. Effort of the public broadcaster to safeguard its future and reputation in the digital era; Challenges to the authority of BBC's journalism; Pressure on it to show it is not wasting public money; Comments of BBC director general Mark Thompson.

The article reports on the impact of MeToo movement on the bond between public radio and their listeners whom they also depend for financial contributions. Among the popular public broadcasting figures who were affected by the movement were Garrison Keillor, Leonard Lopate, Jonathan Schwartz, and John Hockenberry. WNYC, a non-profit, noncommercial, public radio station, lost 577 members due to news about Lopate and Schwartz.

The article reports on the plan of social networking site Facebook to shift from public broadcasting into private messaging communication platform in an effort to address the privacy challenges it has faced.

The author offers opinions on the public television network PBS. The audience for PBS has declined steadily with the growth of cable television, even as the audience for National Public Radio (NPR) has expanded. The author states that while public radio offers broadcasting which is not duplicated by commercial radio, PBS increasingly resembles commercial television.

The article reports on the parental outcry to airlines who show inappropriate movies for children on board. Flight attendants and children's advocates agree that airlines' editing of films is inadequate and federal broadcast laws must be implemented for all airline flights. Airline spokespersons state that they are appealing to a wide audience that prefers violent and sexual content.

The article discusses the television program "Gangs of Iraq," which is part of the Public Broadcasting System's look at the Iraq War entitled "America at a Crossroads." The show presents an analysis of how Iraqi sectarianism hampers the efforts of American troops, who are often undermined by their allies.

This article describes public television's plan to establish a Latino station for Spanish-speaking viewers. A new network called V-me will begin airing on March 5, 2007 in major American cities with large Latino populations. The digital network was formed by the partnership of Educational Broadcasting Network, the parent company of the New York public station WNET and the investment group, Baeza Group.

The article discusses the television show "Postcards From Buster," which is entering its second season despite being attacked by Margaret Spellings, the United States secretary of education. The Public Broadcasting Service renewed the show for a second season even though underwriters dropped support after an episode was planned to feature a pair of lesbian mothers.

This article discusses WNYC, the largest public radio station in the United States. WNYC will move its offices from the Municipal Building in Manhattan to new offices on Varick Street, a move that will cost the station $45 million. WNYC had occupied the Municipal Building since 1924, and wanted to assert a new identity through a new office space.

The author looks at how the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has created the new post of chief content officer. John Boland, a public broadcasting executive with extensive digital media experience, was named to the position. According to the author, Boland will oversee television programming, new media, education and promotion. The author states that Boland's appointment is one of the first strategic moves by new PBS president Paula A. Kerger.

The article focuses on Joan B. Kroc, widow of MacDonald's founder Ray A. Kroc, who gave $230 million gift to National Public Radio (NPR) in 2001. The station has never aired traditional advertising, but relied on personal and corporate donations. Though employees such as senior vice president Jay Kernis and "Morning Edition" radio show host Renée Montagne enjoyed the small scale that NPR operated at before the money came, all agree that it has helped NPR be a more effective source of news and media.

This article reports on the resignation of Michael Pack, Senior Vice President for Television Programming at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). There have been charges that the CPB is hiring more conservative executives to correct what critics say is a liberal bias in public television and radio. CPB president and former co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Patricia S. Harrison, is said to be trying to downplay that debate.

Discusses how the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is taking unusual steps as it seeks political balance on controversial topics. How the corporation has been awarded two grants for documentaries on the same contentious subject; Plan for a film on the neoconservative views of Iraq war advocate Richard Perle; Grant for filmmaker Sherry Jones, for a film critical of White House foreign policy; How filmmakers Brian Lapping and Jones are part of the corporation's "America at a Crossroads" project, which will examine America's role in the post-September 11 world; Comments of Robert T. Coonrod, the corporation's president when "Crossroads" began, and Michael Pack, senior vice president for television programming; How the chosen films will cross party lines; Issue of the Public Broadcasting Service's journalistic standards.

Focuses on filmmaker Ofra Bikel, a producer for the PBS documentary series "Frontline." How her work has led to the release of prisoners; Background on Bikel; Comments of David Fanning, executive producer of "Frontline"; Views of Bikel; Her success rate with picking future parolees; How, after a "Frontline" report, Patsy Kelly Jarrett was released from prison after serving 28 years; The case of Roy Criner, profiled in "The Case of Innocence," whose conviction was overturned; Issue of Bikel's fierceness; Why Bikel turned to the judicial system as her main subject.

Looks at the fine line being walked by public broadcasters as they mobilize to combat threats to their government funding. Delicate task faced by news organization's charged with providing news coverage that involves themselves; Ruling of House subcommittee that approved a measure that would cut funding for public broadcasting by about one hundred million dollars; Review of how government funds the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which is responsible for public television and radio.

Reports that Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, chairman of the U.S. Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has consulted White House official Mary C. Andrews about the creation of an ombudsman's office at the corporation.

Highlights an investigation into possible corrupt practices at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Report that payments of $15,000 to two Republican lobbyists were unreported to the CPB board of directors; Role of CPB chairman Kenneth Y. Tomlinson in the employment of the lobbyists; Efforts of the corporation's inspector generals to investigate the payments and Tomlinson's role in their authorization; Report that the U.S. Congress is considering budget cuts for public broadcasting; Comments of Tomlinson on the allegations of misconduct.

Reports that executives at National Public Radio Inc. (NPR) are increasingly at odds with the appointees of U.S. President George W. Bush, who lead the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Review of controversial proposals by Corporation for Public Broadcasting chairman Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, who is considering a plan to monitor NPR news coverage of the Middle East for evidence of bias and his appointment of two ombudsmen who will judge the balance of program content; Reaction of NPR and its member stations to a proposed plan to appoint ombudsmen to just program content; Discussion of Tomlinson's belief that NPR leans toward the left of the political spectrum.

The article reports on the apology expressed by Mark Thompson, former director general at public service broadcasting company British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) to a parliamentary committee for the failure of Digital Media Initiative, an expensive digital project.

The article reports on the resignations of top officials at Japanese public broadcasting company Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHL) in February 2014 after being accused of pushing a pro-government agenda.

The article reports on the partnership of KQED, John L. Knight Foundation, and Public Radio Exchange (PRX) to Matter Ventures. It mentions that KQED and the Knight Foundation will invest $1.25 million fund to the media entrepreneurs while PRX will contribute in strategic and management support. It adds that Matter Ventures will provide financial support and educational workshop for all media entrepreneurs.

The article focuses on the struggle of BBC News on November 12, 2012 to contain a crisis over its reporting of sexual abuse scandal as director Helen Boaden and deputy Stephen Mitchell withdrew temporarily from their jobs. According to BBC, the positions left by Boaden and Mitchell will be filled by Fran Unsworth and Ceri Thomas. Moreover, director general George Entwistle will continue to help the company on the inquiries concerning the scandal.

In a merger of two of the country's largest public broadcasters, WGBH in Boston has acquired Public Radio International, the producer and distributor of radio programs like ''Studio 360,'' ''This American Life'' and ''The Takeaway,'' the two organizations announced on Thursday. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Public Radio International, or P.R.I., will remain an independent entity, and will continue to produce and distribute its current portfolio of programs, said Julia Yager, its vice president for brand management and marketing strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Add public broadcasters to the media outlets aiming for the 50-plus crowd: a Web site called Next Avenue will go live on Tuesday, a year after first planned, with original and aggregated journalism directed at baby boomers. Under the slogan ''where grown-ups keep growing,'' Next Avenue will pull together content, including video, from existing public television series, government agencies and a long list of contributors from inside and outside public television. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A recent spate of vulgarity in Newsweek could cost the newsmagazine some valuable partners -- the public television and radio stations that offer the magazine as a gift in exchange for donations. Since 1991, subscriptions to Newsweek and other magazines have raised more than $375 million for public broadcasters, who pay sometimes as little as a penny per subscription, according to the Pledge Partner Magazine Premium Program. Newsweek accounts for 90 percent of the money that the program has raised since 1996, when it was first offered, said Zunk Buker, founder of Pledge Partner, which is based in New London, N.H. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NPR's ''Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'' is heard weekends on public radio stations across the country. (npr.org/waitwait) 1. President Obama announced a new tax plan last week, which included a clause he called: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bill Moyers says he is returning to public television in January, but he won't be found on the PBS lineup. His new hourlong weekly show, ''Moyers & Company,'' will focus on one-on-one interviews with people not often heard on television, ''thinkers who can help us understand the chaos of this time,'' Mr. Moyers said by telephone. ''We're going to be concerned with the state of democracy and the state of affairs,' he said, ''but we will leave the daily and weekly story to others and try to do the back story.'' The program will be based at WNET in New York City and distributed free to public television stations by American Public Television, an alternative distributor to PBS. In a letter to public television executives he said that WNET was considering showing the program at 6 p.m. on Sundays. Mr. Moyers, 77, retired from PBS in April 2010. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Just as a deal came together late last week to keep PBS programming on the air in Orlando, Florida's public broadcasters suffered a financial blow when Gov. Rick Scott vetoed the state's nearly $4.8 million appropriation for public broadcasting. That figure had already been reduced by 30 percent from the amount broadcasters received last year. With the cuts, each of 13 public radio stations will lose $87,287 in state funds compared with last year, and each of the 13 public television stations will lose a subsidy of $434,837. Stations receive the same subsidy, regardless of size. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON --Representative Justin Amash does not believe the government should subsidize public broadcasting, vehemently opposes abortion rights and thinks Democrats are wrong about spending. Yet he has voted against every Republican measure that conforms to those views. Through Tuesday, Mr. Amash (pronounced uh-MOSH), a Republican who represents a portion of southwestern Michigan, has not voted with the majority 25 percent of the time, the most of any House Republican. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here is the latest example of House Republicans pursuing a longstanding ideological goal in the false name of fiscal prudence: On Thursday, they have scheduled a vote to kill federal support for National Public Radio. The bill, sponsored by Representative Doug Lambon, a three-term Republican from Colorado, would block all taxpayer dollars that NPR might receive, starting with any of the money given to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Local stations could not buy programming from NPR -- such as ''Morning Edition'' or ''All Things Considered'' -- or any other source using the $22 million or so that they get from the Treasury for that purpose. It would not actually save any federal money; it would simply make sure that none of those dollars go to NPR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

JERUSALEM -- The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, expressed abhorrence on Monday over the killing of five members of a family in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. The emphatic condemnation, delivered over Israel's public radio, came after Israel criticized the Palestinian leadership for what it considered to be an initially mealy-mouthed response. ''This act was abominable, inhuman and immoral,'' Mr. Abbas said in a rare interview with Israel Radio that was conducted in Arabic. Referring to the killing of three of the family's young children, including a baby, he added, ''Any person who has a sense of humanity would be pained and driven to tears by such sights.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON -- In 1995, Newt Gingrich, then the speaker of the House, failed in his attempt to eliminate federal financing for public broadcasting, thwarted by the timely appearance of ''Sesame Street'' characters and by panicked supporters who filed petitions and flooded Congressional offices with calls. Over the years, supporters' success at fending off proposed cuts became so predictable that to some it began to seem as though the broadcasters were crying wolf. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ATLANTA -- Over the years, the public radio show ''This American Life'' has done some ambitious work. It was the first media outlet in the country to broadcast lengthy interviews with Guantanamo Bay prisoners. It sent reporters to Iraq for a month. And it exposed the misdeeds of a hedge fund. So what other topic could be so weighty, so captivating that it would cause the radio show's Web site to crash under a stampede of visitors? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Current, the newspaper that has covered the public broadcasting business every two weeks for three decades, is leaving the hands of its longtime owner, WNET.org, the New York City public broadcaster. The board of WNET.org last week approved an agreement to sell Current to the American University School of Communication, whose board has also approved the move. The change is expected to take place in the new year, once a final contract is signed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the three months since Mykalai Kontilai and his backers bought one of public broadcasting's crown jewels, the PBS-distributed ''Nightly Business Report,'' he has moved with an urgency not usually seen within public television. The first major change came Nov. 12, when he laid off eight people, or about 20 percent of the staff. His other plans, explained in a recent interview, are more ambitious. He said that there were ''late-stage negotiations with a prominent 24-hour worldwide television network'' to take the daily half-hour business report to nearly 200 countries, and also negotiations for a national daily radio program. A spokesman said that a pilot program to create educational materials to teach personal finances to returning veterans was in ''the final review stage'' at the Pentagon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The financial strains on public television came into stark view on Friday when KCET-TV, Los Angeles's main public station, said it would leave PBS on Jan. 1 and become the nation's largest independent station. KCET said it could no longer afford PBS dues of about $6.8 million a year; last fiscal year, its dues took 22 percent of its $31.4 million net operating budget. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the last decade, public radio stations could not get rid of classical music fast enough, as station after station abandoned the format for news and talk, alienating classical fans. Just 19 commercial classical stations remain on the air nationwide, by one count, down from about 50 in the early 1990s. But as ad-supported programmers also decide that the classical format is no longer practical, the music has started to find a new savior. And, to the surprise of many, it is public broadcasting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The announcement by WNET.org, the New York public broadcaster, that its ''Worldfocus'' program is ending its run after 18 months has prompted a campaign to save the program, a weekday newscast covering international issues. But like a similar campaign in recent months to save ''Now on PBS,'' which will show its last episode April 30, the impassioned efforts of some dedicated viewers seem unlikely to succeed before the show goes off the air on April 2. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- European public broadcasters are calling on lawmakers to make it easier to offer their programming over the Internet, saying cumbersome copyright practices restrict their ability to develop new digital services and prolong the fragmentation of the European television landscape. The European Broadcasting Union, which represents public television and radio providers, said its proposals were intended to push cross-border online video services, which have been slow to develop in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The British Broadcasting Corporation acknowledged on Tuesday that its expansion in recent years was too aggressive and proposed sweeping cuts in spending on its Web site and other digital operations. The plans were published in a strategic review, only weeks before a British election that could usher in a period of austerity. Members of the Conservative Party, which is expected to make electoral gains at the expense of the governing Labor Party, have called for the BBC to be reined in, echoing commercial rivals who have complained about the public broadcaster's growing reach in areas beyond traditional radio and television. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The trial that started on Monday in San Francisco over the constitutionality of California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage could have been a moment for the entire nation to witness a calm, deliberative debate on a vitally important issue in the era of instant communications. Instead, the United States Supreme Court made it a sad example of the quashing of public discourse by blocking the televising of the nonjury trial. The court blocked the public broadcasting of the proceedings by its familiar 5-to-4 split. In a vigorous dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer correctly objected to the court's highly unusual intervention. He concluded, ''The public interest weighs in favor of providing access to the courts.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sweeping aerial views, a documentary on going green locally and a three-part series examining the exodus of young professionals from Long Island are among the offerings produced by WLIW available at a new video portal on the public television station's Web site. The portal, at wliw.org/video, went online Nov. 5 and is still in the testing stage. Thousands of hours of programming are available, with more videos to be added, said John Servidio, acting general manager of the Long Island station, which broadcasts on Channel 21. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Former top editors of The Chicago Tribune and other journalists, backed by a public television station and a major foundation, on Thursday announced formation of a nonprofit news organization in Chicago, which will provide pages of local news for a Chicago edition of The New York Times, to be started next month. James E. O'Shea, a former editor of The Los Angeles Times and a former managing editor of The Tribune, will serve as editor of the new organization, the Chicago News Cooperative, and James Warren, another former managing editor of The Tribune, will write a regular column for the service. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The New York public broadcaster WNET.org said that its subsidiary, the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, was under federal investigation concerning how it handled grants by the National Science Foundation for production of the PBS children's math show ''Cyberchase.'' In a statement WNET.org said that the investigation, first reported by Crain's New York Business, began in 2008 ''and concerns how the grant funds were applied and accounted for under federal grant regulations.'' Kellie Specter, a spokeswoman for WNET.org, said that the investigation of some $10.5 million in grants, dating from 2000 on, started with the inspector general of the foundation, and would probably be referred to the Department of Justice, ''where we expect that it will be resolved soon.'' WNET.org, which has cut costs and employees this year as financing has dwindled, said it continued to receive financing from the foundation. Representatives from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Justice declined to comment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NPR, the public radio network, is introducing a revamped NPR.org this week, giving users what its executives say is an easier-to-navigate Web site that emphasizes written reporting over audio reports. It is part of a digital expansion, branded with the new tagline ''Always On,'' that will include several mobile applications to be available late this summer. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PBS's chief content officer, John Boland, is leaving his post after just three years to return to Northern California, citing a desire to return to working at a local level. His departure, which has been rumored for several weeks, was announced internally by Paula Kerger, PBS's president and chief executive, who said Mr. Boland was expected to leave by the end of the year. He is departing at an awkward time, as public broadcasting's news and public affairs producers are in the midst of hammering out a project, pushed by Mr. Boland, to collaborate on distributing and marketing their programming. He said in an interview that he was committed to completing the planning phase. Mr. Boland, who oversees PBS's television programming, new media, education and promotion, was previously executive vice president and chief content officer at KQED Public Broadcasting in San Francisco. He declined to comment on whether he is a candidate for the job as KQED president and chief executive; Jeff Clarke, who currently holds the posts, recently announced that he was retiring. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

''The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer,'' public broadcasting's nightly newscast, is getting a makeover, designed to bring it more fully into the digital era, give it a livelier look and nudge it, however slowly, toward the day when its longtime anchor decides to retire. Mr. Lehrer, who will turn 75 next Tuesday, isn't stepping down. But in September the program will be retitled ''PBS NewsHour'' and return to a two-anchor format, which it had until 1995, when Robert MacNeil left. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When Gwyneth Paltrow asked to join the chef Mario Batali and the food writer Mark Bittman on their planned cooking and travel show set in Spain, executives at American Public Television actually debated whether it was a good idea. In an era when publicity potential dictates many programming decisions elsewhere, public television remains wary of celebrity, despite its own well-chronicled lack of money to promote its programs. But in the end Ms. Paltrow, the 35-year-old star of films like ''Shakespeare in Love,'' was admitted to the group, and the show, ''Spain ... on the Road Again,'' is already a game-changer for public television in terms of attention. Even Ken Burns, PBS's biggest star, didn't get a segment on ''Oprah'' for his epic World War II documentary series last year; Ms. Paltrow and Mr. Batali, however, nabbed an entire hour of exercise talk and Spanish cooking on Wednesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]