American Public Media Group

Nonprofit parent support and production organization behind American Public Media, Minnesota Public Radio and Marketplace, reaching 1,000 public radio stations nationwide.

American Public Media Group (APMG) is a tax-exempt, nonprofit parent support organization founded in 1987 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. It provides administrative, financial and human resources services to supported nonprofit organizations in public media, with a stated mission of supplying long-term financial strength to those organisations. The group is the largest station-based public radio organization in the United States.

For creative professionals, the relevant activity sits in content production and distribution. American Public Media is the production and distribution arm of the group, making public radio programming and podcasts that reach 1,000 public radio stations nationwide. The portfolio spans documentary and magazine-style radio, daily economic journalism and classical music, among other formats.

Alongside national production, APMG supports regional station operations through Minnesota Public Radio and Southern California Public Radio, covering Minnesota and Southern California respectively. It also operates Public Radio Market under licence. Marketplace, the flagship daily public radio programme on economic news, is among its best-known titles.

The organization combines multi-regional station operations with national content creation and distribution, and its programming is recognised with industry awards. Work spans audio content production and distribution, podcasting, station operations and the nonprofit administration that supports them.