Editing Marketplace (radio program) (section)

== History ==
''Marketplace'' was founded in 1989 by [[Jim Russell (journalist)|James Russell]] in [[Long Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.programdoctor.com/ | title=The Program Doctor | publisher=Jim Russell Productions | access-date=April 25, 2007 | archive-date=October 6, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006030427/http://www.programdoctor.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/about/bios/russell.shtml| title =Jim Russell General Manager, Marketplace Productions| website =They Savvy Traveler| access-date =April 22, 2016| archive-date =June 2, 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160602101703/http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/about/bios/russell.shtml| url-status =live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/about/bios/yore.shtml| title =J.J. Yore Executive Producer, Marketplace Radio| website =The Savvy Traveler| access-date =April 22, 2016| archive-date =June 2, 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160602094846/http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/about/bios/yore.shtml| url-status =live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://access.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/0004_mktplc/mktplace_overview.shtml| title =Marketplace: An Overview| website =Minnesota Public Radio| access-date =April 22, 2016| archive-date =April 3, 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160403075437/http://access.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/0004_mktplc/mktplace_overview.shtml| url-status =live}}</ref> It was initially affiliated with [[KKJZ|KLON-FM]] at [[California State University, Long Beach|Cal State—Long Beach]] and distributed by American Public Radio, later renamed [[Public Radio International]].<ref name="USC">{{cite web| url =https://news.usc.edu/9462/Marketplace-A-Decade-of-Business-News-Not-as-Usual/| title =Marketplace: A Decade of Business News Not as Usual| last =Newton| first =Ed| date =January 18, 1999| website =USC News| access-date =April 22, 2016| archive-date =April 25, 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160425143112/https://news.usc.edu/9462/Marketplace-A-Decade-of-Business-News-Not-as-Usual/| url-status =live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = McGill| first = Douglas C.| title = THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Public Radio Begins Business Program| work = The New York Times| access-date = April 10, 2019| date = January 2, 1989| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/02/business/the-media-business-public-radio-begins-business-program.html| archive-date = April 10, 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190410143400/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/02/business/the-media-business-public-radio-begins-business-program.html| url-status = live}}</ref> The show nearly ran out of funding its first year, which Russell described, saying, "We were within three days of laying off our small staff and closing down." The program survived through the help of the [[University of Southern California]] (USC), which acquired the show, and later, in 1990, with the underwriting of [[General Electric]].<ref name="USC" /> USC became the only university in the U.S. at the time to produce a daily news program distributed nationally.

In 2000, [[Minnesota Public Radio]] (MPR) acquired Marketplace Productions from USC.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/minnesota-public-radio-acquires-marketplace-productions-72618767.html| title = Minnesota Public Radio Acquires Marketplace Productions| date = April 14, 2000| website = PR Newswire| access-date = April 22, 2016| archive-date = May 9, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160509075458/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/minnesota-public-radio-acquires-marketplace-productions-72618767.html| url-status = live}}</ref> This acquisition was the subject of a lawsuit by Public Radio International, which said it had not given its contractually required approval for the sale.<ref name=current>{{cite web| url =http://current.org/files/archive-site/rad/rad008pri.html| title =PRI risks lawsuit with parent MPR over Marketplace| last =Behrens| first =Steve| date =May 1, 2000| website =Current| access-date =April 22, 2016| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160601034912/http://current.org/files/archive-site/rad/rad008pri.html| archive-date =June 1, 2016}}</ref>

In 2004, American Public Media was founded as the production and distribution arm of MPR, and is currently the producer and distributor of ''Marketplace''.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.bu.edu/news/2005/11/16/bill-kling-a-founding-director-of-npr-to-speak-at-com/| title =Founding Director of National Public Radio and President of American Public Media to Speak at Boston University| last =Deveney| first =Ann| date =November 21, 2005| website =Boston University Public Relations| access-date =April 22, 2016| archive-date =May 9, 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160509161938/http://www.bu.edu/news/2005/11/16/bill-kling-a-founding-director-of-npr-to-speak-at-com/| url-status =live}}</ref>