The New York Times

Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely. By Benjamin Mullin Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with ...
WJHL-TV

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 ...
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 ...
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 Boston Globe

Tell us: Are you concerned about funding cuts to PBS and GBH Kids?

Recent cuts to public media are not just affecting local stations and news programming. They also pose a threat to public children’s and educational programming that reaches millions of kids across ...
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 ...
PBS

Trump signs government funding bill, ending record 43-day shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, ...
PBS

WATCH: Jeffries says Democrats will continue the fight for health care tax credits as shutdown deal inches ahead

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says that Democratic senators who voted to advance a government funding bill Sunday are “going to have to explain themselves.” Watch Jeffries’ news ...
PBS

Handful of Senate Democrats join GOP to break funding stalemate, first step toward ending shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, ...