30 years ago, 'Waiting to Exhale' was the blockbuster Hollywood didn't anticipate

Never in a million years would I have ever believed that I would be thirty-six years old and still childless and single. But here I am." On screen she's just 33, and expresses these sentiments in ...
Connecticut Public

Defense bill will boost CT contractors, including Electric Boat

Connecticut defense contractors are poised to benefit from the yearly boosts in Congress’ defense policy bill, including funding to address budget shortfalls for submarine programs predominantly built ...
Washington Examiner

Arkansas becomes first state to drop partnership with PBS after funding cut

Arkansas has become the first state to cut ties with PBS after a state commission voted to end the public television partnership on Thursday. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission said it ...
Ars Technica

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum. The request came from the Center for ...
WATE 6 On Your Side

East Tennessee PBS awarded grant after federal funding cuts

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Following significant federal funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting earlier this year, East Tennessee PBS has received a stabilization grant to help ...
The Boston Globe

In an age of streaming and AI slop, parents and researchers worry about a shrinking PBS Kids

Like many parents, Andrew David keeps a close eye on what programs his 6-year-old son is consuming, often watching shows on YouTube, Netflix, or Disney+ with him or sitting nearby and listening in.
Fox News

Ken Burns calls PBS the 'Declaration of Independence' for communication, decries its defunding

Longtime documentary filmmaker Ken Burns praised the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as the "Declaration of Independence" for communications while lamenting the loss of its federal funding on ...
The Hollywood Reporter

PBS Survives in Alabama, for Now, After Move to Ax Funding Fails

A push from state TV Board members that would have prevented series like 'Sesame Street' and 'NewsHour' from broadcasting in the state failed in a vote on Tuesday. By Kevin Dolak Alabama’s Public ...
AV Club

John Oliver aims to secure PBS' funding with giant cabbage, Russell Crowe's jockstrap

Last night on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver devoted 35 minutes of his show to the funding crisis gripping public media channels across the country. As Oliver discusses, the attacks on public media ...
WKRG

Alabama Public Television discusses possible split from PBS after funding loss

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Public Television Executive Director Wayne Reid confirmed to CBS 42 that the possibility of severing ties with PBS was discussed at a Alabama Educational Television ...
Forbes

How PBS Is Navigating Turbulent Seas Of Federal Defunding

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 ...