The following quotes from a dear colleagues email sent by Hearts of Space producer, Stephen Hill, earlier today. See also this related post. --Dennis
SIX STEPS TO A USER-SUPPORTED PUBLIC MEDIA SYSTEM
FOR STAKEHOLDERS
1. Re-define the role and identity of stations as "locally-focused public media network nodes."
2. Extend the Public Media Platform to every station web site as a matter of system policy, so all public media content is available at every point of entry to the network. This can be as elegant as a single Public Media Player on mobiles or the web, or a full service embedded "site-within-a-site."
3. Re-align the financial relationships and incentives between networks, stations, content producers and affiliates so everyone has a stake in the success of the network as a whole.
4. Define a practical set of revenue-sharing policies between stations, networks, producers and affiliates. (For example: ultimately stations might not pay dues and program fees to NPR, but receive a net revenue share from it.)
FOR THE PUBLIC
5. Create a comprehensive set of free, voluntary and paid digital service models for the public as a means of attracting significant new revenue for the system.
6. Create a national Public Media Network membership for end users, with multiple tiers of service and access to premium digital services and archival content as benefits of paid membership.
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