1. SRG 2016 Retreat NPR | Member Station Compact

2. Roger LaMay Tim and Dave Tom and Terry Overview and timeline
Work over the past year
SRG draft proposal: principles
SRG draft proposal: business concepts
NPR current options
Tom and Terry
SRG member fees now
What would happen with TSR
– Group discussion

3. Since 1987 NPR members have held the principal responsibility for NPR’s financial support:
In FY 2015 $76.9mm Member dues and program fees 5.2mm Digital services fees 3.1mm Interconnection fees 42.0mm Broadcast sponsorships Collaboration in the cultivation of philanthropic gifts

4. In recent years Flattening in broadcast audiences
Increased digital use
Increasing share of station revenue concentrated in organizations with significant scale

5. SRG’s ambition A plan that
Ensures stability of NPR current services and capacity to invest in future strategic priorities
Strengthens stations’ capacities to provide community news and a live, local presence
Drives aggressive growth in the use and impact of digital content from NPR and stations
Promotes continued development and sharing of digital services and products

6. SRG’s ambition
A financial model that addresses our disparate financial circumstances, helps us transform to meet the challenges of our digital future, and aligns NPR and stations to protect and propel our collective growth.

7. Toward a business model
Increase basic membership dues
Continue indexing news magazine fees to the use of NPR programming
Increased financial responsibility for stations with the largest audiences
Share NPR’s digital sponsorship revenue
Leverage NPR’s digital footprint to feature and promote members’ digital offerings
Collective effort to increase individual giving

8. NPR’s current models A tiered model Shared revenue
Low-cost offering of content and services for small budget stations
Various packages of content and services for larger budget stations
Shared revenue
Fees tied to “listener sensitive” revenue
Raise fees by a set percentage each year

9. SRG members will pay $32. 5 million of $83
SRG members will pay $32.5 million of $83.2 million in NPR member station payments – 39% of the total

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