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More than 500 workers at Voice of America and other broadcasters to be laid off | Trump administration

More than 500 workers at Voice of America and other broadcasters to be laid off | Trump administration

The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said. The move could ratchet up a months-long legal challenge over the news outlets’ fate. Kari Lake, acting CEO of the US Agency for Global Media, announced the latest round of job cuts late Friday, one …

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‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs | Media

‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs | Media

Public broadcast station leaders are condemning Donald Trump’s latest victory after the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that will cancel all federal funding for public broadcasting programs including PBS and NPR. Following the Senate’s decision to pass $9bn in spending cuts to public broadcasting as well as foreign aid, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger saying that the Senate’s …

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