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I hear more ads on NPR than before. Has their funding mechanism changed?
by java-man 7y ago
I hear more ads on NPR than before. Has their funding mechanism changed?
- colordrops 7y agoThey only get 16% of their funds from public sources.
- plussed_reader 7y agoNo, it is still funded from listeners and corporate interests.
- asark 7y agoI also get the sense it's increased over the years. If you count all fund-raising time (drives plus the at least tens of minutes on ordinary days they push donations or giving them cars), promoting their own podcasts, and the now-seemingly-much-longer sponsorship messages (straight-up ads) I'm not sure it's any better than commercial radio.