Current (newspaper)

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'''''Current''''' started as an American trade journal that covers public broadcasting in the United States. It was described by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 2003 as "The most widely read periodical in the field".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/aboutpbs_partners.html |title= About PBS Partners |publisher= PBS |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2003-09-19 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030919024058/http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/aboutpbs_partners.html }}</ref> It was formerly published by ''Current LLC'' and is currently published by the American University School of Communication, where it covers all nonprofit media.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.current.org/current/index.shtml |title= What Is ''Current''? |publisher= Current |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2004-12-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041204192541/http://www.current.org/current/index.shtml }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-15 |title=Rep. Andy Harris Working to Defund NPR - Chestertown Spy |url=https://chestertownspy.org/2017/05/15/oh-brother-rep-andy-harris-working-to-defund-npr/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=chestertownspy.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=2014-12-19 |title=Julie Drizin will be executive director of Current |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2014/julie-drizin-will-be-executive-director-of-current/ |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}</ref> The newspaper, founded in 1980, was one of the last creations of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, an association of noncommercial broadcasters dating back to 1925,<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |url= http://current.org/current-timeline/ |title= Current Timeline |access-date= 2017-01-12 |archive-date= 2017-01-13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170113130352/http://current.org/current-timeline/ |url-status= live |website=Current}}</ref> whose members were leaders in founding PBS and National Public Radio. After the bankrupted NAEB closed in 1981, ''Current'' resumed publication in 1982 as an independent journalistic service of the public television station WNET.<ref name=timeline /> WNET.org sold ''Current'' to American University School of Communication in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jensen |first=Elizabeth |date=2010-12-13 |title=Public Broadcaster Is to Sell Current, a Trade Publication |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/business/media/13current.html |access-date=2026-03-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2014, Julia Drizin became the executive director.<ref name=":0" />

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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.current.org/}}

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