Hacker News with Generative AI: Public Broadcasting

Trump's FCC Starts Harassing Public Broadcasters with Bogus Investigations (techdirt.com)
If you hadn’t noticed, consolidated corporate media hasn’t been meeting the challenges of the current moment very well.
Politics, Media, Government Regulation, Public Broadcasting
42 points by beardyw 6 days ago | 8 comments
FCC Chair Orders Investigation into NPR and PBS Sponsorships (nytimes.com)
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has waded into the politicized debate over NPR and PBS, ordering up an investigation that he said could be relevant in lawmakers’ decision about whether to continue funding the public news organizations.
Government, Media, Funding, Public Broadcasting
9 points by tomrod 62 days ago | 0 comments
FCC Chair Orders Investigation into NPR and PBS Stations (nytimes.com)
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has waded into the politicized debate over NPR and PBS, ordering up an investigation that he said could be relevant in lawmakers’ decision about whether to continue funding the public news organizations.
Media, Politics, Government, Public Broadcasting
11 points by rob 62 days ago | 7 comments
UK Weighs Making Netflix Users Pay License Fee to Fund BBC (bloomberg.com)
The UK is considering making households who only use streaming services such as Netflix and Disney pay the BBC license fee, as part of plans to modernize the way it funds the public-service broadcaster.
UK, Streaming Services, Funding, Public Broadcasting, Media
37 points by ksec 64 days ago | 30 comments