salaries seem high

The poor LolPoors who can't afford Netflix to get their Sesame Street Fix. Womp Womp.

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$400K for DEI position. I am in the wrong business.

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Biography

CECILIA B. LOVING is Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PBS. Loving previously served as Deputy Commissioner, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the FDNY's more than 17,000 members. Certified in Diversity and Inclusion by Cornell University, Restorative Circle Keeping by Planning Change and Courageous Conversations by the Winters Group, she oversees the Fire Commissioner's Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Bravest Women Talks, Women's Summits, Courageous Conversations, 10-Talks, Firehouse Kitchen Table Talks, Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Labs, Inclusion Strategy Videos, Inclusive Leadership Training, and similar initiatives. She previously worked as a Law Enforcement Bureau Attorney and EEO Counselor for NYC's Commission on Human Rights, as well as a litigator at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Kramer Levin, and the Legal Aid Society. She chaired the Board of Directors for the Practicing Attorneys for Law Students, Inc., the first diversity and inclusion organization in the legal profession. She is founder of the Mindfulness Group at FDNY, where she publishes both a Diversity and Inclusion Newsletter and a Mindfulness Newsletter. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the NYC Bar Association's first Committee on Mindfulness and Well-Being in the Law. In addition to obtaining her JD from NYU School of Law, Cecilia obtained her BFA from Howard University, MFA from UCLA and MDiv from NY Theological Seminary. She has received several awards, including but not limited to the FDNY Women's History Award and the Women on the Front Line of Gender Justice Award. She is the proud recipient of the New York City Bar Association's 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award. She is author of several books, including but not limited to God is a Brown Girl Too; Prayers for Those Standing on the Edge of Greatness; and Ten Laws of Unlimited Success, as well as author of numerous articles, such as "The Power of Inclusion: Treating Others Well is Essential to Our Well-Being"; "More Support for Mindfulness: Reduction of Implicit Bias"; and "This Ancient Practice Helps Resolve Workplace Conflict."

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This woman has her hands in quite a few cookie jars. She's raking it in at PBS but her side hustles probably net her way more.

Good riddance.

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The average PBS station relies on the feds for 20-25% of their funding. Some will likely shutdown and others will carry on but potentially relying on more advertising or fewer operating hours.

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I sense a big flaw in that strategy. That didn't work out well for Air America. They had to have donations (through people connected with NGOs) to stay on the air. Audience was so small, there was no advertising dollars to chase.

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I have a cousin who got blue-pilled. She is very intelligent and a hard worker, just misguided. She got a doctorate in public administration and has a position as the lead diversity official for a public hospital system. Because she works for a public agency her salary was available online. I was shocked at what they pay her. It was not far from this number.

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DEI is the virtue-signaling, guilt cleansing, money-laundering department. I've had to support these teams for years - and have spent much of my career trying to keep them from breaking the law.

Trump crushing the funding of leftist propaganda and shutting down USAID money laundering have been fantastic!

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Executive compensation at PBS (2023)
"Total expenses were $542 million. However, $165 million were donated broadcast rights and $6 million was depreciation, meaning cash expenses were $371 million, with the largest expense ($97 million or 26% of cash revenue) being compensation for the 657 employees, who received an average compensation of $148,000. However, only 313 employees (about 50%) received more than $100,000 in compensation.
The 15 most highly compensated employees were:

• $1,168,661: Paula A Kerger, President and CEO
• $ 779,625: Jonathan Barzilay, COO
• $ 631,581: Ira Rubenstein, Chief Digital Officer
• $ 578,736: Katherine S Lauderdale, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary
• $ 525,580: Thomas E Tardivo, CFO, Treasurer
• $ 511,891: Rhonda D Holt, Chief Technology Officer
• $ 488,535: Syliva Bugg, Chief Prog Exec and GM
• $ 466,711: Jeremy Gaines, SVP, Corp Communications
• $ 456,121: Scott Nourse, SVP, Product and Innovation
• $ 434,825: Sara E Dewitt, SVP and GM, PBS Kids
• $ 425,815: James Dunford, SVP, Station Services (to 6/23)
• $ 419,855: Michael D Jacobson, SVP, HR
• $ 396,240: Cecilia B Loving, SVP, DEI
• $ 364,132: Amy Wigler, VP, Marketing
• $ 282,595: Mary Plantamura, Assistant Corp Secretary, Associate General Counsel

The 15 most highly compensated employees received $8 million in compensation."

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It is obscene that we have been paying for this. Not just the lies and the left wing propaganda, but these exorbitant salaries that are way out of line with average Americans' incomes. Not to mention all the benefits. These people are a drain to society. They are members of The Party. It's why they can't possible pretend to be unbiased.

I hope CPB shutting down forces most of these people to find private sector jobs. They have no skills or qualifications. They have never operated in the real world.

I am a conservative and watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

We are about to find out just how "community supported" these stations truly are.

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We are about to find out just how "community supported" these stations truly are.

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Marfa population: 1600.

IIIHorn said:

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I am a conservative a watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

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With satellite radio and StarLink, rural communities will do just fine. They can pick up the national NPR & PBS feeds if they want to.

techno-ag said:

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IIIHorn said:

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I am a conservative a watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

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With satellite radio and StarLink, rural communities will do just fine. They can pick up the national NPR & PBS feeds if they want to.

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Fair point.

What they will lose are the locally produced shows with content specific to their community and surrounding areas.

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If a company cannot exist without government assistance, it shouldn't exist.

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NPR & PBS will still exist without the CPB.

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Good. The market has decided.

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I would agree except the general population is dumb as a bag of sticks. See the music and entertainment industry for what the market says works.

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techno-ag said:

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IIIHorn said:

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I am a conservative a watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

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With satellite radio and StarLink, rural communities will do just fine. They can pick up the national NPR & PBS feeds if they want to.

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Fair point.

What they will lose are the locally produced shows with content specific to their community and surrounding areas.

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IIIHorn said:

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techno-ag said:

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IIIHorn said:

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I am a conservative a watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

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With satellite radio and StarLink, rural communities will do just fine. They can pick up the national NPR & PBS feeds if they want to.

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Fair point.

What they will lose are the locally produced shows with content specific to their community and surrounding areas.

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Doh!

I guess technically that was an ad.

zephyr88 said:

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If a company cannot exist without government assistance, it shouldn't exist.

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Does that include government subsidies? Asking for Elon and others.

techno-ag said:

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I guess technically that was an ad.

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Yer Killin' me, Smalls!

IIIHorn said:

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techno-ag said:

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IIIHorn said:

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I am a conservative a watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

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With satellite radio and StarLink, rural communities will do just fine. They can pick up the national NPR & PBS feeds if they want to.

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Fair point.

What they will lose are the locally produced shows with content specific to their community and surrounding areas.

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I'm thinking that Marfas 1600 people are not producing much local content.

zephyr88 said:

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If a company cannot exist without government assistance, it shouldn't exist.

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Ask our farmers?

Deerdude said:

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IIIHorn said:

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techno-ag said:

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IIIHorn said:

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I am a conservative a watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

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With satellite radio and StarLink, rural communities will do just fine. They can pick up the national NPR & PBS feeds if they want to.

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Fair point.

What they will lose are the locally produced shows with content specific to their community and surrounding areas.

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I'm thinking that Marfas 1600 people are not producing much local content.

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You also have a valid point.

They do produce local content.

However they are not as well funded as most NPR stations and cannot broadcast many of the available programs aired by others.

They actually resort to playing elevator music for a few hours each afternoon.

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zephyr88 said:

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If a company cannot exist without government assistance, it shouldn't exist.

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NPR & PBS will still exist without the CPB.

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Good. They'll run like a business (with their own money). They just shouldn't be afforded by taxpayer dollars.

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zephyr88 said:

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If a company cannot exist without government assistance, it shouldn't exist.

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Ask our farmers?

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Completely different... you want to eat?

I'm thinking you don't really have a clue about the subject.

It's the moment when everything happens.

Deerdude said:

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IIIHorn said:

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techno-ag said:

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IIIHorn said:

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I am a conservative a watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

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With satellite radio and StarLink, rural communities will do just fine. They can pick up the national NPR & PBS feeds if they want to.

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Fair point.

What they will lose are the locally produced shows with content specific to their community and surrounding areas.

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I'm thinking that Marfas 1600 people are not producing much local content.

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Marfa doesn't produce much of anything. Most overrated town in the Big Bend region.

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I'm thinking you don't really have a clue about the subject.

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I have always that that about your comments

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zephyr88 said:

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If a company cannot exist without government assistance, it shouldn't exist.

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Ask our farmers?

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Hey, Aggie farmers, do you watch PBS or listen to NPR?

techno-ag said:

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IIIHorn said:

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I am a conservative a watch/listen to PBS & NPR fairly regularly and enjoy several programs offered by each.

Radio Lab, This American Life, Austin City Limits, etc.

Their regular newscasts are typically succinct, contain more information than opinion and are commercial free.

That being said …

The US budget is overly bloated and has been for a very long time.

Everything, including the CPB, needs to be reviewed for efficiency.

Hopefully, the smaller stations in rural areas can survive this.

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With satellite radio and StarLink, rural communities will do just fine. They can pick up the national NPR & PBS feeds if they want to.

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I was listening to Willie's Roadhouse while driving around Normandy, France in June 2024, so I'm pretty sure the folks in Turkey, TX and Ottumwa, Iowa will be able to pick up radio content

zephyr88 said:

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IIIHorn said:

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zephyr88 said:

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If a company cannot exist without government assistance, it shouldn't exist.

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NPR & PBS will still exist without the CPB.

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Good. They'll run like a business (with their own money). They just shouldn't be afforded by taxpayer dollars.

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So,

You will continue enjoying their programs without public funding?

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salaries seem high

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Easy to 'reward' your employees when you run a shell company propped up by 'free money'. I'd be interested in seeing how the books of a similarly sized privately-held broadcasting network is staffed and compensated.

IIIHorn said:

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zephyr88 said:

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IIIHorn said:

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zephyr88 said:

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If a company cannot exist without government assistance, it shouldn't exist.

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NPR & PBS will still exist without the CPB.

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Good. They'll run like a business (with their own money). They just shouldn't be afforded by taxpayer dollars.

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So,

You will continue enjoying their programs without public funding?

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Some of their programs are quite interesting, so yes, I will.

I enjoy the history and science focused programming.

Politics, current events and environmental issues, not so much.