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National Public Radio (NPR) asked a federal judge last week to block the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) from redirecting millions in satellite funding to a newly formed nonprofit organized by a coalition of public media organizations.
NPR moved for the restraining order against CPB on Friday, just hours after the corporation announced it would award up to $57.9 million over five years to a new nonprofit, Public Media Infrastructure (PMI). PMI's founding partners include New York Public Radio, American Public Media and Public Radio Exchange (PRX).
A spokesperson for CPB maintained that the organization is assured that its decision to redirect nearly $60 million in funding to PMI is in the best interest of the pu