PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts

The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down

The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.

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Donations to NPR and PBS Stations Surge After Funding Cuts

Donors are turning out to support local stations, but those contributions so far fall well short of the annual $550 million that Congress cut.

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Edith Chapin, NPR’s Top Editor, Is Stepping Down

Edith Chapin, who is also acting chief content officer, has been editor in chief of the public radio network since 2023.

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NPR and PBS Funding Cuts Were Decades in the Making

The cuts speak to President Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in media.

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Senate Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Funds for NPR and PBS Stations

The bill to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed over the objections of Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.

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He Helped Create NPR. Now He May See it Be Defunded.

Bill Siemering, 91, says potential funding cuts put a “unique, invaluable cultural resource” at risk.

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Senate Advances Trump Clawback of Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds

The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in funds Congress has already approved suggested that Republicans would bow to the president’s wishes in the simmering fight over spending powers.

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PBS and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding

As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding nears, stations are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”

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NPR and PBS Face Federal Funding Cuts: What to Know

A proposal before the Senate to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local stations, particularly those in rural areas.

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