Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, has given $80 million to NPR. That’s roughly seven years’ worth of government funding ($11.2m) after Trump and Congress cut funds for public media, but only a fraction of NPR’s full annual budget of $300 million. NPR may still cut jobs because the money has strings attached.
The money is specifically « to support the digital innovation that is essential to meeting the needs and serving the interests of public media audiences wherever they are and whenever they seek information, » according to a press release. NPR journalist David Folkenflik writes …
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