Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB; stylized as cpb) is an American privately owned non-profit corporation created on November 7, 1967 by an act of the United States Congress and funded by the federal government.
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| Private non-profit[1][2] | |
| Industry | |
| Founded | November 7, 1967 |
| Founder | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Patricia Harrison, President and CEO |
| Website | www |
It was created to promote and help support public broadcasting.[3][4]
On August 1, 2025, the CPB announced that it would be shutting down by the end of January 2026 after its federal funding was fully removed by the Rescissions Act of 2025 in July 2025.
References
- ↑ McLoughlin, Glenn J.; Gomez, Lena A. (May 3, 2017). The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues (PDF) (Report). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ↑ "About CPB". www.cpb.org. 2014-09-22. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ↑ 47 U.S.C. § 396
- ↑ "CPB Financial Information" (web). Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
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