The donations, from the philanthropist Connie Ballmer and an anonymous donor, will support the network’s long-term strategy.
Category: Public Broadcasting
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NPR Receives $133 Million From 2 Gifts
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down
Executives debated whether to allow the corporation to lie dormant after federal funding ended last year, but decided against it.
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Katherine Maher of NPR Has Come Out on Top Despite Battles With Trump and the CPB
Katherine Maher has taken an unyielding approach to NPR’s biggest battles — which has sometimes put her at odds with her colleagues in public media.
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Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS
The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.
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PBS to Cut 15% of Its Staff
Congress voted this year to strip $500 million in annual funding from public broadcasters, including PBS stations.
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The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
The Knight Foundation and other top organizations are aiming to provide $50 million to stabilize the stations most at risk from the recent federal government funding cuts.
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PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts
The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down
The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down
The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.
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Donations to NPR and PBS Stations Surge After Funding Cuts
Donors are turning out to support local stations, but those contributions so far fall well short of the annual $550 million that Congress cut.
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He Helped Create NPR. Now He May See it Be Defunded.
Bill Siemering, 91, says potential funding cuts put a “unique, invaluable cultural resource” at risk.