December 12, 2025 - Arkansas TV will drop its PBS affiliation in July after CPB’s defunding left the network unable to cover ...

The Trump administration rescinded funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, resulting in its announcement of closure. The CPB's purpose since its creation in 1967 was to assist in funding ...

PBS will cut 15% of its staff, or about 100 positions, as it grapples with the loss of $500 million in federal funds, TheWrap has learned. The cuts will immediately eliminate 34 jobs, a PBS ...

Public media, including the Public Broadcasting System, finds itself in uncharted waters in the aftermath of the almost complete shutdown of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on October 1. In ...

Trump's executive order targeting PBS' funding "will upend public television," lawyers for the broadcaster behind "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and "Sesame Street" wrote in U.S. District Court in ...

NJ PBS — the sole PBS affiliate covering local New Jersey news — will shutter next year following severe funding cuts and failed negotiations with the state, according to the network’s operator. The ...

PBS notified 34 staffers of layoffs on Thursday, the latest fallout from a Donald Trump-led effort to cut federal funding to public media. The job cuts are among nearly 100 positions that have been ...

PBS North Carolina has begun laying off employees this week in response to the elimination of federal funding for public media. It’s unclear how many staffers at the statewide public TV network are ...

PBS informed 34 staffers Thursday they were being laid off as part of a broader downsizing effort that's resulted in 100 jobs being cut in recent months. The cuts were triggered in part by the Trump ...

Sesame Street characters Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Ernie in 2019 Reporter The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday that it would begin winding down its operations after President ...

PBS plans to cut its budget by 21% as public media faces the loss of $1.1 billion in federal funding over the next two fiscal years. Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS, informed station general ...

PBS is cutting its budget by 21%, a spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Friday. The public media company's board approved the budget cut Wednesday, according to the PBS spokesperson. Board members ...