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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After 58 Years Due to Trump Eliminating Funding

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Board Votes To Dissolve Corporation for Public Broadcasting After Loss Of Federal Funding
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Board Votes To Dissolve Corporation for Public Broadcasting After Loss Of Federal Funding

The move comes after the loss of federal funding.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After 58 Years Due to Trump Eliminating Funding
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shuts Down After Trump Ends Funds

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board voted to close the organization after 58 years after the Trump Administration ended funding.

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CPB revives $36 million NPR deal killed after Trump’s pressure – NPR

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CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump’s pressure

Updated November 17, 20258:20 PM ET

By David Folkenflik

On left, NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on March 26. On right, CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison accepts the Governors Award on CPB’s behalf during the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 7. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images and Phil McCarten / Invision/AP.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.

The arrangement resolves litigation filed by NPR accusing the corporation of illegally yielding to Trump’s demands that the network be financially punished for its news coverage. The argument, part of a broader lawsuit by NPR and several stations against the Trump administration, focused on CPB funding for NPR’s operation of a satellite distribution system for local public radio stations. NPR announced Monday it would waive all fees for the stations associated with the satellite service.

The judge in the case had explicitly told CPB’s legal team he did not find its defense credible. CPB lawyers had argued that the decision to award the contract to a new consortium of public media institutions was driven by a desire to foster digital innovations more swiftly.

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