The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,500 locally owned and operated public television and radio stations nationwide. It is also the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services.
Location: United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 202-879-9600
Founded date: 1967
Mentions in press and media 19
| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.05.2025 | Editorial: All Americans benefit from public media | CPB allocates over $500 million a year in federal funds to public media institutions around the country, providing essential support without which many of these outlets would cease to exist. Congress created the CPB as an independent nonpro... |
| 07.05.2025 | Trump’s Illegal Effort To Defund Public Broadcasting Stumbles Forward | As recently noted, authoritarian assholes don’t like public broadcasting. Because they don’t like the idea of untethering U.S. journalism from the perverse financial incentives inherent in our consolidated, billionaire-owned, ad-engagement ... |
| 03.05.2025 | The Battle for Public Broadcasting: Trump’s Executive Order Sparks Outrage | In a move that has sent shockwaves through the media landscape, former President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at slashing federal funding for public broadcasting entities like PBS and NPR. This is not just a budget cut; it’s a ... |
| 03.05.2025 | Mental Health: The Silent Epidemic We Must Confront | Mental health is the invisible weight many carry. It’s a silent epidemic, lurking in the shadows of our daily lives. As May approaches, so does Mental Health Awareness Month. This is our chance to shine a light on an issue that affects mill... |
| 02.05.2025 | Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR | The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued Trump earlier this week over his move to fire three members of its five-person board, contending that the president was exceeding his authority and that the move would deprive the board of a quor... |
| 02.05.2025 | PBS chief slams Trump’s executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful | The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels public funding to the two services, said that it is not a federal executive agency subject to Trump’s orders. The president earlier this week said he was firing three of the five remain... |
| 02.05.2025 | The White House seeks sharp spending cuts in Trump’s 2026 budget plan | House Speaker Mike Johnson welcomed the proposal as “a bold blueprint that reflects the values of hardworking Americans and the commitment to American strength and prosperity.” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters ju... |
| 20.04.2025 | Opinion: Barbara McQuade: Score one for the AP – and America’s free press | In fact, he wrote, the government offered no other reason. The court found that this constituted “prohibited viewpoint discrimination,” violating the First Amendment’s right to a free press, by permitting some media members access while bar... |
| 18.04.2025 | White House Falsely Calls NPR, PBS A “Grift,” Moves To Cut Already Modest Funding In Latest Attack On Journalism And Informed Consensus | Authoritarians don’t much like journalism, education, or informed consensus for what should be obvious reasons. But the far right has long had a particular animosity for publicly-funded broadcasting. In part, because when done right, public... |
| 12.04.2023 | Elon Musk says Twitter is using a Wikipedia list to help decide which news organizations are labeled 'government-funded media' | Elon Musk says Twitter is relying on Wikipedia to help decide which news outlets to label "government-funded media." It recently labeled NPR "state-affiliated media," a move Musk later said might have been wrong, before ... |
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