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NPR to shed 10% of staff amid budget shortfall
BBC ^ | 9/13/2013 | Unattributed

Posted on 09/13/2013 2:09:05 PM PDT by mojito

US broadcast network National Public Radio plans to shed 10% of its staff in an effort to close a $6.1m (£3.8m) budget deficit, a spokeswoman has said.

It will offer voluntary redundancies to its roughly 840 employees.

The broadcaster put the budget shortfall in part down to a decline in corporate grants amid the slow US economy.

National Public Radio (NPR) reaches 27 million listeners a week through 975 member stations across the US.

The redundancies follow a series of shake-ups in the non-profit's leadership, and a 2008 reduction of about 8% of its staff.

NPR, based in Washington DC, receives about 2% of its annual budget from federal funds, with the rest from grants, licence fees from local affiliates, and listener donations.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: defundnpr; layoffs; liberalmedia; liberaltalkradio; propagandaradio
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To: brivette

Why? Keller isn’t funny. He make a living **mocking** the very Americans who make this country great.


41 posted on 09/13/2013 4:19:04 PM PDT by wintertime
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To: GraceG

Yes! The affected accents! Who in anyone’s life talks like **that**!?

Do they go to NPR talking school to get that, oh so, special whiny sound?


42 posted on 09/13/2013 4:23:24 PM PDT by wintertime
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To: Steely Tom

Same here! Our area has multiple NPR stations.


43 posted on 09/13/2013 4:25:18 PM PDT by wintertime
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To: Dan(9698); dynoman; Sir Napsalot

NPR - National Psocialist Radio


44 posted on 09/13/2013 5:17:43 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Buck Off, Bronco Bama)
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To: forgotten man

What!? No “coexist” stickers? The libs in my ares love those damn things.


45 posted on 09/13/2013 6:02:59 PM PDT by matt04
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To: mojito

46 posted on 09/13/2013 6:04:09 PM PDT by matt04
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To: mojito

That’s a shame....


47 posted on 09/13/2013 9:33:53 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: mojito

Fox could help NPR by giving back Juan Williams.


48 posted on 09/14/2013 8:45:59 AM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: mojito

Awwwwwww, it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.


49 posted on 09/14/2013 11:23:33 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: Mr. K

They would Never Lie. /sarc


50 posted on 09/14/2013 11:25:11 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: GraceG
Can they shed 10% of their condescending accents when they are on the air?

Ha! And 10% of the flaky "world" music while they're at it.

51 posted on 09/14/2013 1:31:07 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: Newbomb Turk

The only worthwhile show on NPR is “Car Talk”.


52 posted on 09/14/2013 7:45:19 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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