‘PBS NewsHour’ Looks to Change Ownership

MacNeil-Lehrer Productions will give up its ownership of the “The PBS NewsHour,” which has struggled financially in recent years, Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil told the staff.

They are talking with WETA, the Washington public television station, the program’s co-producer, about taking over ownership. MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, which is majority-owned by Liberty Media, is “offering to contribute to WETA our ownership stakes in the ‘NewsHour’ and all parts of MLP connected with the program.”