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Trump-tied Ballard Partners has signed to represent the Public Broadcasting Service on issues related to funding and dealing with Elon Musk’s Dept. of Government Efficiency.
PBS receives about 15 percent of its $373M budget from the federal government.
Paula Kerger, who heads PBS, and Katherine Maher, chief of National Public Radio, testified March 26 at Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s DOGE subcommittee.
The hearing was titled “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the Heads of NPR and PBS Accountable.”
Greene charged that NPR and PBS “have increasingly become radical leftwing echo chambers.” She also accused NPR of having a “communist agenda."
Kerger and Maher defended their networks, and talked about the value that public media brings to lives of millions of Americans..
Brian Ballard, a major Trump fundraiser, works the PBS account with Jordan Elsbury, one-time aide to Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy and chief of staff to Jacksonville mayor Lenny Curry.
Ballard also was the home of attorney general Pam Bondi, and Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
Ballard Partners has signed on gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Co to advocate on behalf of Second Amendment issues.
Sakura Conservation Strategies has registered Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium as a client.
Sachs Media has signed on to represent the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund to advocate for public policies proven to reduce tobacco use, which is the No. 1 cause of preventable deaths in the US and the rest of the world.
