NPR
PBS’s chief executive told public television officials Thursday that it was cutting about 15% of its jobs due to the move by Republicans in Congress to eliminate all federal funding for public broadcasting starting on Oct. 1.
Thirty-four PBS staffers were notified Thursday that their positions were being cut. Taken with the loss of a longstanding federal grant for an educational initiative earlier this summer, and the elimination of about three dozen other vacant positions, PBS will have lost more than 100 jobs in all.
PBS Chief Executive Paula Kerger said the system is taking a 21% hit in revenues. More
Waaaaa…
LOL
Interesting the choice to fix a 21% reduction in subsidies with a 15% cut in “workforce” when the better place to makenthe cuts, so PBS keeps telling us, is management. Start with that “chief executive”. By the way isn’t that title an apropriation from the American Indians?
21% revenue cut? I though federal subsidies were an insignificant amount.
W-5:
Who – would notice?
What – difference would it make?
Where – would this “PBS” be?
When – would this happen?
Why – would ANYONE care?
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WWABD?
What Would Al Bundy Do (4 touchdowns in a single Game)
To PBS CEO Paula Kerger: Surely you mean a 21% hit in unearned revenues?
If you go into any toy-store you can see several toy lines that We, the taxpayers, have been subsidizing for decades. Each of these toys could carry PBS with ease. If you have seen the PBS magazine, every series ever shown on PBS is offered as a box set. The Magazine is also full of kitch and crap for every popular show aired on PBS. All of this was created by taxpayers funding. Yet the Taxpayers own none of these products that we were forced to pay for
Haha, PBS is crying over a 15% cut while they charge $50 for a kids box set funded by us? Talk about entitlement. Time to let them fail.
The term “workforce” is used ironically.
So, it just got 15% better?
As a long time taxpayer, I want a refund.
85% from the goal. It’s a good start.
pimp yo ****** bullshit on yo own dime
Gonna be tough for an aging Muppet to find a job.
pbs: pimping bull shit
lol
PBS will go on without the minor amount it gets from the Feds
Elmo will not be cancelled !!
mothers will still have the opportunity to let their young kids watch TV without them having to watch programs advertising sugar cereals and plastic Chinese toys