Tag results for: Public Broadcasting Service
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...
F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into Comcast’s D.E.I. Practices
Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has ordered an investigation into the diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Comcast, the parent company of NBC News...
Trump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It
Voters had delivered the president to the White House for a second term, disregarding news about arrests and indictments of former aides accused of breaking the law to...
Richard M. Cohen, 76, News Producer Who Wrote of Health Challenge, Dies
Richard M. Cohen, an outspoken and award-winning television news producer whose career was eventually derailed by the ravages of multiple sclerosis, which he wrote about in a best-selling...
