The move by CPB — which has provided funding to PBS and NPR — to wind down comes after President Trump led a successful effort to defund public media. In mid-July, Congress approved to Trump’s rescission package, which cut $1.1 billion for CPB over the next two years.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it will shut down after Congress, following President Donald Trump's spending cuts, stripped $1.1 billion in previously approved funding. CPB Begins ‘Orderly Wind-Down' After Six Decades The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it will begin winding down operations,