Austin Fuller

1 week ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

The Trump administration has proposed the elimination of CPB’s federal appropriation for FY26. White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought included the proposal in a Friday letter detailing larger discretionary budget cuts to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The letter proposes reducing the base non-defense discretionary budget by $163 billion, or 22.6%, from the current year.

2 weeks ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

CPB is suing President Trump and other administration officials over an email that aimed to terminate three of its board members. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., said that board members Laura G. Ross, Diane Kaplan and Tom Rothman received emails Monday from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president that said their positions at CPB were terminated.

2 weeks ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

State lawmakers zeroed out funding for Indiana’s 17 public media stations in a two-year budget approved  early Friday.  The cut amounts to $3.675 million per year, according to a statement from Mark Newman, executive director of Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations. The complete elimination of state funding to public media came without “advance warning or explanation,” he said.

3 weeks ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

APM’s Marketplace is eliminating seven positions in a restructuring that aims to support its digital transformation. An op-ed by GM Neal Scarbrough, shared on LinkedIn and with Current, announced job cuts along with the creation of new roles at Marketplace. He did not specify which jobs would be cut or describe the new positions beyond listing an investment in  “content, with several new roles and workflows.”Many of the role changes will begin May 5, according to a spokesperson for Marketplace.

3 weeks ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

Futuro Media has introduced a new subscription program with benefits like ad-free listening and early access to the second season of its Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast Suave. Futuro+, which launched April 7, includes a $6.99 per month “Futurista” subscription tier and a $9.99 per month — or $100 if paid annually — “Campeón” tier. The subscription packages are part of Futuro’s strategy to diversify its revenues.