"Six decades after it was created by Congress, the nonprofit that brought America Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street will shut down for good. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced this week that it would officially shut down, ushering in an uncertain new era for the future of public broadcasting. The organization historically administers funds for NPR, PBS, and more than 1,000 local TV and radio stations nationwide."
""For more than half a century, CPB existed to ensure that all Americans-regardless of geography, income, or background-had access to trusted news, educational programming, and local storytelling," CPB president and CEO Patricia Harrison said in a press release. Harrison said that the CPB decided to dissolve the organization as its final act instead of keeping the nonprofit on life support, which could make it susceptible to "additional attacks.""
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will officially shut down after six decades of managing federal funds for public media. The nonprofit historically administered funding for NPR, PBS, and more than 1,000 local TV and radio stations nationwide. The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the entity to manage federal funds for educational television and radio. The organization lost federal support following a defunding campaign initiated by the Trump administration and approved by a Republican-led Congress. Congress cut $1.1 billion in federal funds in July, with no Democratic votes in support. State-level consequences have already appeared, including an Arkansas commission voting to part ways with PBS.
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