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Editor’s Note: Encyclo has not been regularly updated since August 2014, so information posted here is likely to be out of date and may be no longer accurate. It’s best used as a snapshot of the media landscape at that point in time.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is an organization that distributes the federal government’s money to public media organizations.

Founded in 1967, CPB is the main funding source for more than 1,000 public radio and television stations. Its funding supports well-known PBS, NPR, and PRI shows, including PBS NewsHour, Frontline, All Things Considered, and Marketplace.

CPB is also a funding source for future-of-journalism experiments and collaborative projects, like NPR’s Project Argo, which received $2 million from CPB, and Localore, a series of local multimedia projects that received $1.25 million from CPB. NPR’s Code Switch and a number of multi-station Local Journalism Centers have also been funded by CPB.

Peers, allies, & competitors:

PBS, NPR, Public Radio International, Knight Foundation

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Nov. 18, 2024 / Joshua Benton

Trump’s new FCC nominee promises to bring Project 2025-style governance to media — In September, I went through all the proposals from Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation’s policy blueprint for a second Trump term — that would have a direct impact on the media. At the time, of course, cand...

Nov. 18, 2024 / Sarah Scire

Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization — There’s always Monday morning quarterbacking after an election and, in the past two weeks, an incredible number of takes have invoked a podcaster by the name of Joe Rogan. A new Pew Research Center report focuses o...

Nov. 14, 2024 / Joshua Benton

The Onion adds a new layer, buying Alex Jones’ Infowars and turning it into a parody of itself — Maybe it’s not such an odd pairing? After all, The Onion and Infowars both publish a lot of fake information. Both are known for their coverage of national tragedies. They both reach audiences who want to have a la...

Nov. 14, 2024 / Sarah Scire

Among apps vying to replace Twitter, Bluesky may have the news and innovation edge — Even before the U.S. election sped up an exodus from the Elon Musk-owned site, X had reportedly lost one-fifth of its active users in the U.S. and one-third in the U.K.. Bluesky seems to have the juice to win over some o...

Nov. 13, 2024 / Laura Hazard Owen

The Guardian won’t post on X anymore — but isn’t deleting its accounts there, at least for now — The Guardian said Wednesday that it will no longer post on X, saying it is “a toxic media platform” and “its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.” The new...

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Primary author: Sarah Darville. Main text last updated: July 12, 2015.

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