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On-Air Drama at KPFA-FM After Executive Director Acts on Two Year Financial Collapse

Berkeley-After a slow motion buildup for several months, The Pacifica Foundation, the Berkeley-based 501(c)-3 not-for-profit organization that holds the licenses for five educational radio stations across the country and provides content for 150 affiliated stations, has finally moved to stanch financial bleeding at the network's Berkeley unit KPFA-FM by laying off 7-8 employees after posting a million dollar loss over the past two years.

Elite Control or Community Governance of Public Service Media: Which Will it Be?

Based upon comments delivered on June 24, 2010 at the U.S. Social Forum workshop, “Control of Public Media as a Social Justice Issue: Lessons from the U.S. and Latin America”. (Published at http://www.media-ocracy.org)

The Barbarians Who Pay The Bills

(Published in Conterpunch November 9, 2009 as a rebuttal to a piece by Iain Boal).

Of "Envenoned Nutballs" and "Camel-Albatross Hybrids"

Pacifica and the Barbarians Who Pay the Bills

By TRACY ROSENBERG

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