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With PBS funding cut, will the next generation be raised by ‘Skibidi Toilet’?

Gen X and millennial parents grew up on the gentle rhythms of “Sesame Street” and “Between the Lions.” But sweeping cuts to public broadcasting could leave their children facing a different ...

In an age of streaming and AI slop, parents and researchers worry about a shrinking PBS Kids

But when he looks over and sees the PBS Kids logo, he feels he can stand down. “It is one thing that we don’t have to worry ...
The Hollywood Reporter

PBS and NPR Funding Face “Devastating” Cut as Rescission Package Heads to Trump’s Desk

The package will cut $1.1B in federal funding for the public radio and TV broadcasters, hitting local stations across the country. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Federal funding for PBS and NPR is about ...
Time

What the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutting Down Means for PBS And NPR

Sesame Street characters Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Ernie in 2019 Reporter The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday that it would begin winding down its operations after President ...
Variety

Trump Celebrates Congress Pulling $1.1 Billion in Funding From ‘Atrocious’ NPR and PBS: ‘This Is Big!’

President Donald Trump took a victory lap after Congress formally passed his measure to claw back $9 billion in previously approved funding, including $1.1 billion for PBS and NPR — which public media ...
New York Post

PBS, NPR face ‘tremendous changes’ and will be ‘forced to make hard decisions’ as funding cut looms

PBS and NPR face an uncertain future after the Senate voted to slash funding to the public broadcasters — leading the heads of both companies to make dire warnings about looming changes. NPR CEO ...
CBS News

Trump signs rescissions bill clawing back foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...