Overview
- Effective immediately, Tanner takes oversight of WNYC, WQXR, WNYC Studios, Gothamist, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, and New Jersey Public Radio.
- LaFontaine E. Oliver shifts to executive chair to pursue funding and alliances after Congress eliminated support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- Public radio outlets in New York reported a collective $28 million loss and 125 eliminated positions after the CPB dissolved.
- NYPR estimates a roughly $3 million shortfall, about 4% of its annual budget, after earlier cutting 21 positions in 2025, with Oliver saying the budget is currently balanced.
- Tanner brings senior digital credentials from CBS News Digital, where she helped build the CBSN streaming service, and prior leadership at TV Guide Digital.