{"id":43851,"date":"2025-08-15T19:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pbs-slashes-budget-by-21-following-congressional-funding-cuts\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:51:39","slug":"pbs-slashes-budget-by-21-following-congressional-funding-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pbs-slashes-budget-by-21-following-congressional-funding-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS slashes budget by 21% following congressional funding cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>PBS is cutting its budget by 21%, a spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The public media company&#8217;s board approved the budget cut Wednesday, according to the PBS spokesperson. Board members also voted to reduce dues paid by local stations by $35 million, a move that will slow the spigot of money PBS sources from its wide-spanning member\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cpb.org\/faq#:~:text=PBS%20is%20a%20private%2C%20nonprofit,PBS%20to%20public%20television%20stations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">network<\/a>. The reduction was earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/14\/business\/pbs-budget-cuts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> by the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>The PBS spokesperson didn&#8217;t immediately respond to questions about what the cuts could mean for the future of the broadcaster, which provides news and educational programming to more than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.pbs.org\/pbs-fast-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">130 million<\/a>\u00a0people each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The budget reduction comes after Congress <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-rescissions-foreign-aid-public-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">passed legislation last month<\/a><\/span> that strips about $1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, a decades-old nonprofit that supports public radio and television stations, including NPR and PBS. In response, the CPB\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-npr-pbs-federal-cuts-operations-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announced earlier this month <\/a><\/span>that it would begin winding down its operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both NPR and PBS <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-npr-pbs-federal-cuts-operations-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">receive roughly half a billion dollars<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in public funding through the CPB.<\/p>\n<p>Some PBS&#8217; member stations, which rely heavily on federal funding, have already taken a hit \u2014 something PBS CEO Paula Kerger warned about when the bill was moving through Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These cuts will significantly impact all of our stations, but will be especially devastating to smaller stations and those serving large rural areas,&#8221; Kerger said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/about\/about-pbs\/blogs\/news\/pbs-statement-on-the-senate-approval-of-the-rescissions-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0after the Senate approved the rescissions package in July.<\/p>\n<p>The PBS network consists of approximately 350 locally controlled and operated public television stations, according to the CPB website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among them is NJ PBS, New Jersey&#8217;s public television network, which confirmed Friday it&#8217;s planning to downsize its staff as a result of the slowdown in state and federal funding. Some stations in California have also cut staff as a result of the funding reductions, <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2025\/07\/pbs-npr-budget-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according<\/a> to CalMatters, a California-focused publication.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to a significant cut to our New Jersey state funding and the recent rescission of CPB funds, we are facing a financial reality that requires NJ PBS to make the difficult decision to reduce the size of the NJ Spotlight News team,&#8221; a spokesperson told CBS News in an email.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that, in addition to streamlining operations, the network will work toward a &#8220;sustainable, multiplatform, more digital-forward future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/mary-cunningham\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mary  Cunningham<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. 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