Last week, I published MediaPost's first-ever year-end "In Memoriam" to remember the people and institutions we lost in 2025 -- an epic year for losing things. While I did make note of the success the Heritage Foundation/Trump Administration's Project 2025 blueprint had in defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, it had not yet actually met its demise. That changed Monday when the corporation's board voted to dissolve it in order to "protect the future of public media."

"The decision follows Congress’s rescission of all of CPB’s federal funding and comes after sustained political attacks that made it impossible for CPB to continue operating as the Public Broadcasting Act intended," the CPB said in a statement, adding that it was distributing its remaining funds to public stations and would continue to provide support to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

While CPB’s chapter is ending, the mission of public media endures. Local stations, producers, journalists, and educators across the country will continue serving their communities, informing the public, and elevating local voices.

As part of its orderly closure, CPB will complete the responsible distribution of all remaining funds in accordance with Congress’s intent. CPB will also provide support to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting to continue digitizing and preserving historic content, and CPB’s own archives—dating back to the organization’s founding in 1967—will be preserved in partnership with the University of Maryland and made accessible to the public.

“Public media remains essential to a healthy democracy,” Harrison said. “Our hope is that future leaders and generations will recognize its value, defend its independence, and continue the work of ensuring that trustworthy, educational, and community-centered media remains accessible to all Americans.”

You can revisit CPB's 58-year history and milestones here, but the highlights include "Sesame Street," "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" and "Frontline."