Scott Nover

"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it will close following Congress’s decision to strip its current funding and foreclose on future appropriations." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

CPB not only served as a funding middleman between Congress and public media stations but also negotiated music rights and procured technical infrastructure on behalf of the stations. That leaves an open question as to what entity, if any, will fill that gap.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announces shutdown following funding loss Trump’s successful campaign to strip federal money to NPR and PBS effectively ended the public media middleman.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially shutting down following Donald Trump's successful campaign to strip funding from PBS, NPR, and public media stations across the country. Read more in the @washingtonpost.com:

Live updates: Trump postpones higher tariffs on Mexico as he scrambles to cut trade deals ahead of deadline Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s second term and the Republican-led Congress.

The Senate plans to zero out future funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an existential blow to the public media middleman. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Public broadcasters game out a future without federal funding Stations have massive holes to plug. Who will step up?

Without federal funding, public broadcasters are assessing damage and plotting a path forward. My latest for @washingtonpost.com with Aaron Gregg www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

With his suit against Murdoch, Trump signals: No one is safe Donald Trump has filed an unprecedented libel lawsuit from a sitting president against a longtime adviser and pivotal media ally.

Important insights from @sarahellison.bsky.social and @scottnover.bsky.social re Trump's and Murdoch's mutually beneficial exploitations of -- and, implicitly, their vulnerabilities to -- the "base," which is also Fox's audience.

With his suit against Murdoch, Trump signals: No one is safe Donald Trump has filed an unprecedented libel lawsuit from a sitting president against a longtime adviser and pivotal media ally.

If the owner of the Wall Street Journal and Fox News isn’t safe from Trump’s litigation, no one is. My latest for @washingtonpost.com with @sarahellison.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,’ watchdog told The revelation contradicts the Trump administration’s longstanding claims that no classified information was shared by the defense secretary’s account during the “Signalgate” scandal.

Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Bondi also told president at the meeting that Justice decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims

These two stories broke within a half-hour of each other.

Kari Lake moves to consolidate her power to dismantle Voice of America The Arizonan ally of President Trump has managed to lock out her nominal boss and is trying to dispatch VOA’s director to North Carolina.

Kari Lake has taken steps to consolidate power at U.S. Agency for Global Media, locking acting CEO Victor Morales out of his email, and attempting to dispatch Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, who is suing her, to a new job in Greenville, NC. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Kari Lake moves to consolidate her power to dismantle Voice of America The Arizonan, an ally of President Trump, has managed to lock out her nominal boss and is trying to dispatch VOA’s director to North Carolina.

"Lake had Victor Morales — the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, VOA’s parent agency — locked out of his email and electronic systems ... Lake has effectively pushed out the person whose powers she is using to run the agency."
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'Special Adviser' Kari Lake at VOA's parent agency has locked out the acting CEO, Victor Morales, who was rubber stamping her actions, reports the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/23/kari-lake-voa-dismissals-dismantling/

Kari Lake moves to consolidate her power to dismantle Voice of America The Arizonan, an ally of President Trump, has managed to lock out her nominal boss and is trying to dispatch VOA’s director to North Carolina.

'Special Adviser' Kari Lake at VOA's parent agency has locked out the acting CEO, Victor Morales, who was rubber stamping her actions, reports the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Kari Lake moves to consolidate her power to dismantle Voice of America The Arizonan ally of President Trump has managed to lock out her nominal boss and is trying to dispatch VOA’s director to North Carolina.

Kari Lake has taken steps to consolidate power at U.S. Agency for Global Media, locking acting CEO Victor Morales out of his email, and attempting to dispatch Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, who is suing her, to a new job in Greenville, NC. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Congress cut public media funding. Now what? Post Reports · Episode

I joined Elahe Izadi on Post Reports to talk about Trump’s war against public media — and what’s next for PBS, NPR, and stations around the country.

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NPR news chief says she’s leaving, days after federal funding cuts In an Tuesday morning email to staff, NPR chief executive Katherine Maher wrote that Chapin’s decision came two weeks ago ahead the Senate’s vote to strip the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of $1...

Edith Chapin, the top editor at NPR, announced she will step down. She told staff that the decision came ahead of the congressional vote to strip federal funding for public media. For the @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump survived many scandals, but the Epstein story poses a new test Trump faces political risk from the Epstein story. So far, however, his MAGA base has largely rallied around him.

“This is primarily a within-MAGA problem,” Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster, said of the Epstein situation. “The vast majority of Americans don’t spend every waking moment wondering what happened to Epstein.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Steve Benson, provocative Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, dies at 71 While shifting from the political right to the left, he skewered politicians including Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham and President Donald Trump.

“Writers pride themselves on leaving a carefully tangled undergrowth that purposefully reaches its conclusions to impress the gods on Mount Olympus... We thrash and cut with a machete right to the core in five to seven seconds.” www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Here’s where public broadcasting cuts hit the hardest President Donald Trump’s rescissions package targets public media. The smallest stations serving rural America are set to bear the brunt.

I was in Alaska this week when the tsunami warning sent folks scrambling off the Homer Spit and searching for information. These are the sorts of communities that rely on public radio in times of crisis.

Today’s @washingtonpost.com A1—How public media cuts will ravage rural America www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Here’s where public broadcasting cuts hit the hardest President Donald Trump’s rescissions package targets public media. The smallest stations serving rural America are set to bear the brunt.

Trump's cuts to public media funding will devastate — or even kill — radio and TV stations in the neediest and most rural parts of the country. My latest with with Karin Brulliard for @washingtonpost.com:

It happened. Federal funding for public radio and TV stations across the country will be rescinded once Trump signs the bill into law. The end of an era in American media — and huge challenges await the media ecosystem, especially in small markets and rural America.

YouTube video by CBS News Some Americans risk losing local news access if House approves funding cuts

Earlier tonight, I joined Nancy Chen on @cbsnews.com to discuss what cuts to public media funding mean for local TV and radio stations across the country — and why rural America will be hit hardest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTHC...

This lawsuit comes amid a congressional fight over federal funding to PBS, NPR, and member stations through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Trump-backed rescissions package is currently in the Senate awaiting a vote, due on the president's desk by Friday.

Trump sues Corporation for Public Broadcasting to oust board members Two months after attempting to fire three Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members, the Trump administration is suing to finally get them ousted.

NEW: Months after attempting to fire three board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Trump administration is suing in federal court to finally get them ousted. The CPB has said these firings are illegal.

My latest in @washingtonpost.com:

Rural America and kids will suffer if PBS is defunded, its chief says PBS’s Paula Kerger said that federal cuts to public media will harm local member stations — especially ones in rural America — the most.

Rural America and kids will suffer if PBS is defunded, its chief says by @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Rural America and kids will suffer if PBS is defunded, its chief says PBS’s Paula Kerger said that federal cuts to public media will harm local member stations — especially ones in rural America — the most.

"If you lose a local newspaper in a small community, someone can come in at another point and start up another local newspaper. But once broadcast licenses are gone, they’re gone." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Rural America and kids will suffer if PBS is defunded, its chief says PBS’s Paula Kerger said that federal cuts to public media will harm local member stations — especially ones in rural America — the most.

I spoke to Paula Kerger about PBS’s fight to keep its federal funding and the “existential” threat that Trump’s rescission bill poses to member stations in rural America.

Here's the full letter: democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files...

New: HFAC Ranking Member Gregory Meetks sent a letter to Kari Lake calling the dismantling of USAGM "reckless" and amounts to "surrendering the global information space to America’s adversaries." He asked Lake to provide the following about how she evaluated the agency:

JUST IN: Federal judge in Calif. granted a temporary restraining order in LA Press Club's suit against the City of Los Angeles over treatment of journalists in protests.

Among other things LAPD is barred from using less-lethal munitions against journalists. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...