Has PBS shut down? What federal funding cuts mean for viewers

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will now dissolve, meaning public broadcasting is losing millions of dollars in ...

6 ways public broadcasting will improve your life. And that’s a promise

Public broadcasting is your friend. And local stations such as PBS SoCal (a union of KOCE and KCET) and LAUSD's KLCS, KCRW, ...
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 ...
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.
Wall Street Journal

‘Between Goodbyes’ Review: Adoption Ambiguities on PBS

A title that becomes more poignant as its tale unfolds, “Between Goodbyes” concerns the most important event that ever happened to the real people in this real story. And yet it is precisely a lack of ...
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 ...
Fast Company

How ‘Sesame Street’ is navigating funding cuts, new media habits, and leaving HBO for Netflix

As Sesame Street’s 56th season gets underway, Elmo, Big Bird, and the Sesame organization are navigating a volatile chapter in the show’s history—marked by government funding cuts, evolving new media ...
WSFA

Alabama Public Television votes to keep contract with PBS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WSFA) - The board that oversees Alabama Public Television voted Tuesday morning on the possibility of cutting ties with PBS. The hearing, which started at 10 a.m., resulted in the ...
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 ...