$550M Proposal to Obama: Public Media Stimulus Package

Posted by Catherine Stifter  January 8, 2009

http://current.org/funding/funding0901stimulus.shtml

CPB, NPR and PBS, in consultation with APTS, have asked President-elect Obama to include $550 million for noncommercial public-service media in his far larger package of spending and tax cuts to stimulate the economy and upgrade the nation’s infrastructure. The groups' joint letter (PDF), sent Jan. 2, suggests federal aid for six projects involving public radio and TV that will create jobs and “produce sustainable improvements to the nation’s communications infrastructure.”

Read more at Current Web site where there's a link to download the letter as a pdf.

Tags: Public Broadcasting, public media
Topics: Economics, Legislation