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Neal Shapiro to retire as president and CEO of The WNET Group

Neal Shapiro, president and CEO at PBS parent company The WNET Group, will retire from his role at the end of his contract ...

Neal Shapiro to Retire as President and CEO of The WNET Group After Transformative Tenure

Shapiro will remain as CEO until a successor has been identified. Following a transition period, he will then move into a new role as President Emeritus to continue supporting WNET's fundraising ...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting shuts down. Is NPR, PBS going off?

Is NPR and PBS shutting down? No more PBS Kids? How about NJ Public Radio? Here's what we know as Corporation for Public ...
Fox Business

Arkansas to become first state to cut ties with PBS: 'Not feasible'

Arkansas is set to become the first state to sever ties with PBS, after the commission that oversees public television in the state voted to end its contract with the broadcast company. The ...
Los Angeles Times

As Dick Van Dyke turns 100, a PBS documentary fetes an artist who’s easy to celebrate

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dick Van Dyke turns 100 on Saturday, an event so eagerly anticipated that for him not to do so would seem ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Happiness’ Review: PBS’s Community-Theater Comedy

No one ever went wrong throwing together a piano, some upbeat songs and a bunch of kids wondering whether the show really must go on. It’s a mainstay of musical theater. It just doesn’t always happen ...
Ars Technica

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum. The request came from the Center for ...
The Boston Globe

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

Like many parents, Andrew David keeps a close eye on what programs his 6-year-old son is consuming, often watching shows on YouTube, Netflix, or Disney+ with him or sitting nearby and listening in.
The Hollywood Reporter

TV Under Trump: WNET Looks to Turn “Mortal Risk” Into Opportunity to Save Shows, Including With AI

Trump's tariff threats, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, M&A appetite and AI regulation were also among hot-button topics debated during a Content London session. By Georg Szalai Global ...
al.com

Shutting down PBS Kids would be ‘horrible mistake’: op-ed from an Alabama 6th grader

Hi! My name is Naomi Ward, I’m an eleven year old in sixth grade and I heard that you were thinking about shutting down the channel P.B.S. Kids, because it is “uneducational” well, I’m writing this to ...
WMNF

New PBS/”Nature” documentary, “Willow,” the product of a 10-year study of Montana mountain lions, is often revelatory about the big cats

Joshua Lisbon–a researcher/educator/storyteller at the center of a new PBS/Nature documentary, “Willow: Diary of a Mountain Lion”—describes his background and ...
Foreign Policy

It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World

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