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Judge directs CPB to set aside $36M in interconnection funding until trial ends

Y2kTheNewOldies

Y2kTheNewOldies

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Judge directs CPB to set aside $36M in interconnection funding until trial ends

District Judge Randolph D. Moss directed the corporation not to “encumber” the funds or execute a contract that would “speak to how those funds might be used.”
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A federal judge has directed CPB to set aside $36 million in interconnection money until the conclusion of a December trial in the lawsuit brought by NPR.


District Judge Randolph D. Moss ordered a bench trial for Dec. 1 in the legal fight involving up to $36 million that CPB’s board had authorized for negotiations with NPR over an extension of its interconnection agreement.


Moss also directed CPB Thursday not to “encumber” the money in any way, including by “executing any contract that would speak to how those funds might be used, with respect to any entity, individual, organization, or association other than NPR or NPR Distribution pending resolution of this matter.”
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NPR, CPB spar in court over interconnection funding

NPR’s attorney presented evidence to make a case that CPB’s decision to change course on interconnection funding violated the First Amendment.
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Note the trial is estimated to take place in December and its tied to the funding of one of the public radio system.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
current.org

Judge directs CPB to set aside $36M in interconnection funding until trial ends

District Judge Randolph D. Moss directed the corporation not to “encumber” the funds or execute a contract that would “speak to how those funds might be used.”
current.org current.org



current.org

NPR, CPB spar in court over interconnection funding

NPR’s attorney presented evidence to make a case that CPB’s decision to change course on interconnection funding violated the First Amendment.
current.org current.org

Note the trial is estimated to take place in December and its tied to the funding of one of the public radio system.
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I wonder how much of a kink this will put in the contracts CPB negotiated with the recording industry for CPB stations through the end of 2027.
 
Are we talking about connections like satellites and such? Or is it a synergy thing?
 
Bongwater said:
Are we talking about connections like satellites and such? Or is it a synergy thing?
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The public radio interconnection is a satellite distribution system.

NPR Distribution

www.nprdistribution.org www.nprdistribution.org

It is how public stations receive their national programming.

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CPB Agrees To Freeze Interconnection Funds As Court Weighs NPR Case.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has agreed to temporarily withhold about $36 million in interconnection funds at the center of its legal battle with NPR until the case is resolved.
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