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groundloop

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Mon Jan 5, 2026, 04:10 PM Jan 5

Corporation For Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts [View all]

Source: The Guardian

The nonprofit charged by Congress with allocating funds to NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations announced is dissolving after massive federal funding cuts under Donald Trump.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced on Monday that its board of directors had voted to dissolve the organization after nearly 60 years in operation.

Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of CPB, said in a statement Monday that the organization’s board of directors voted to dissolve the organization as it “faced a profound responsibility”.

She added: “CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attack.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/05/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-board-dissolves

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