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Once in effect, the legislation will require state agencies to spend at least 50% of their advertising budgets on Maryland ...

This article was first published by the Arkansas Advocate and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The ...

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Audience analyst Dave Sullivan has been trying to “sound the alarm” about public radio’s declining cume ratings, a key metric for station fundraising and sustainability. The average weekly cume for ...

Serving the American public in all of its diversity is an important part of the mission of public media articulated in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. But the overwhelming consensus now is that ...

I’m a stay-at-home dad. It’s the best job I’ve ever had, if possibly the hardest. I love spending time with my daughter, and I love watching her grow up and learn. Before my daughter was born, I ...

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