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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded five grants totaling $9.6 million to statewide public broadcasting networks in Louisiana, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, as well as KSUT Tribal Radio in Colorado.

"The electorate cannot make informed decisions based on opinion"

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The grant of $650,000 is for group of radio and TV stations led by Louisville Public Media

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U.S.-based employers announced 105,441 cuts in April, down 62% from the 275,240 job cuts in March. But, it is up 63% from the 64,789 cuts announced in the same month last year, global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports.

Nexstar Media Group CFO Lee Ann Gliha will be representing the company she works for at an institutional investor affair on May 14 in Boston, and again on June 5 in a venue familiar with Forecast conference attendees.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded the latest in a series of grants to prioritize local reporting, with a big grant being given to the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom (AMSN).

The two television stations owned by Nexstar Media Group serving Erie, Pa., now have a new VP and General Manager. He arrives at the stations after 7 1/2 years at Sinclair Inc., working in Oklahoma.

As RBR+TVBR first reported on January 16, Patricia and Brian Lane successfully struck a deal for their company to purchase a quartet of TV stations in two small West Coast markets from Imagicomm Communications. That transaction, which saw Kalil & Co. serve as the strategic advisor, has now closed.

That's the message being shared on May 1 by Nielsen as it debuted "The Ad Supported Gauge," a new quarterly report offering a comprehensive look at the segment of television that delivers advertising across broadcast, cable and streaming.

Makers of the new $20,000 electric Slate Truck seem to think so

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