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Courtney Pledger is executive director and CEO of Arkansas Educational Television Network.
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AETN Reaches Compromise; Foundation to Get Its Own CEO

The Arkansas Educational Television Network Commission briskly voted to approve a compromise with its fundraising arm Tuesday morning, ending months of feuding with the AETN Foundation. read more >
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

AETN Commission to Meet in Midday Teleconference

The Arkansas Educational Television Network Commission, stuck in a monthslong standoff with its own fundraising nonprofit, the AETN Foundation, will meet in a teleconference call at 11:30 a.m. read more >
Courtney Pledger is executive director and CEO of Arkansas Educational Television Network.
Government & Politics / Nonprofits

Governor Says AETN Chief Will Take Lesson From Audit

Gov. Asa Hutchinson weighed in on controversies at AETN late Monday, assuring Arkansans that Executive Director Courtney Pledger will learn from an audit report finding $400,000 in misused spending. read more >
Education / Government & Politics / Legal

AETN Standoff Drags OnLock Icon

Three months after setting a deadline, there has been no resolution announced in a stalemate that followed the firing of chief fundraiser Mona Dixon, the AETN Foundation COO who had been a fixture in Arkansas educational TV for three decades. read more >
Mona Dixon
Education / Legal / Media & Marketing

Ousted Mona Dixon Floats Deal to AETNLock Icon

Details are emerging about a settlement offer floated by Mona Dixon, the longtime AETN Foundation COO who was dismissed by AETN Executive Director Courtney Pledger in February. read more >
The AETN Commission, chaired by Annette Herrington at left, has demanded its executive director, Courtney Pledger in center, to be reinstated as director and CEO of the AETN Foundation, chaired by Lynne Rich at right.
Education / Government & Politics / Legal

Documents Shed Light on AETN Power Struggle

A deal to end a power struggle between the state’s educational TV network and its nonprofit fundraising foundation is under negotiation. read more >
Courtney Pledger is executive director and CEO of Arkansas Educational Television Network.
Education / Government & Politics / Legal

AETN Standoff Still on StandbyLock Icon

A crucial deadline in the Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network’s standoff with its nonprofit fundraising foundation came and went this month with no resolution. read more >
Courtney Pledger is executive director and CEO of Arkansas Educational Television Network.
Education / Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

AETN Commission Demands Allegiance to PledgerLock Icon

The Arkansas Educational Television Network Commission has issued an ultimatum to its nonprofit counterpart, the fundraising AETN Foundation: Get on board with Executive Director Courtney Pledger or else. read more >
AETN Commission Chairman Annette Herrington praised AETN Executive Director Courtney Pledger in a meeting last week. The firing of AETN Foundation COO Mona Dixon wasn't brought up.
Education / Government & Politics / Nonprofits

Rocked by Rift, Pledger Earns Applause at AETN Commission MeetingLock Icon

The rift between the Arkansas Educational Television Network and its support and fundraising arm, the AETN Foundation, didn’t get any mention at Tuesday’s quarterly meeting of the AETN Commission in Little Rock. read more >
 Courtney Pledger and Mona Dixon
Government & Politics / Legal

Consulting Payment, Veteran COO’s Firing Open Rift Between AETN and Foundation

Questions about payment practices and the subsequent firing of a three-decade employee have jolted the Conway headquarters of the Arkansas Educational Television Network and its nonprofit partner and fundraiser, the AETN Foundation. read more >
Maddison Stewart of the Arkansas Farm Bureau
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Maddison Stewart Joins Farm Bureau’s Media Department (Movers & Shakers)

Maddison Stewart has been hired as a social media specialist at Arkansas Farm Bureau, headquartered in Little Rock. read more >
Clockwise from top left: Shelby Fiegel and Corey Parks of UCA, Marc Glidden of UALR, and Rylie Bevill of Ozarka College.
Education / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Community Coordinators Move Up at UCA (Movers & Shakers)

Shelby Fiegel has been promoted to assistant director at the Center for Community & Economic Development at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, where she was previously a project coordinator. read more >