ExxonMobil Resumes Sponsorship of PBS Programming
June 4, 2008
PBS, in Arlington, Va., announced yesterday that ExxonMobil will begin sponsoring PBS programs this month, after a four-year break, The New York Times reports.
ExxonMobil will partially underwrite the “Nightly Business Report” and the science program “Nova.”
The Texas corporation had spent millions of dollars sponsoring PBS programs over 30 years but decided to withdraw its support in 2004.
The renewed sponsorship is particularly important for the “Nightly Business Report,” a half-hour business-news program, because one of the show’s previous sponsors, A.G. Edwards, ended its support in January.
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