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PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Sunday that "we have never seen a circumstance like this" after President Trump last week ordered a cut off to federal funding to PBS and NPR.
PBS chief Paula Kerger on Wednesday said President Donald Trump’s push to defund public broadcasters would spell the end for a number of local news stations. Kerger, in an interview with Katie ...
PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger has held her position since 2006, making her the longest-serving president and CEO in public television's history. That also means she's led the Public ...
The following is the transcript of an interview with Katherine Maher, CEO of NPR, and Paula Kerger, CEO of PBS, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 4, 2025.
On the passing of Bill Moyers, television writer and producer, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger shared the following ...
Paula A. Kerger was sitting on her couch when, during the first presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney said he loves Big Bird but still would cut federal funding for PBS. Kerger ...
It’s a semi-annual tradition during the PBS executive session at the Television Critics Assn.: Asking president/CEO Paula Kerger about the state of funding for the public broadcaster. And so it ...
President and CEO of PBS Paula Kerger speaks during the PBS segment of the Summer 2019 Television Critics Association Press Tour (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Between the many streaming ...
PBS CEO Paula Kerger said new children’s programming will “skid to a halt” if the government moves ahead with President Trump’s attempt to cut federal funding for public broadcasting.
PAULA KERGER: Yeah, we're obviously looking, and I would just say the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a funding mechanism, but they actually don't oversee PBS or NPR.