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PBS and NPR Funding Has Been Threatened Before
Calls to eliminate government funding for NPR and PBS may have reached a peak, but the two networks have been living under that threat for decades.Congressional Republicans have...
PBS and NPR prepare for a showdown with Congress.
PBS is practicing answers with lawyers. NPR executives are preparing to monitor the fallout. Members of Congress are promoting the star witnesses — the leaders of the two...
‘Sesame Street’ Faces Uncertain Future Amid Funding Cuts and Layoffs
Times are tough on Sesame Street.Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit responsible for Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and the rest of the stars of “Sesame Street,” is confronting what...
New York Public Radio to Lay Off About 7% of Staff
New York Public Radio said on Tuesday that it would lay off about 7 percent of its staff as it continued to struggle with a financial shortfall.Twenty-one full-time...
