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Parents Television Council Enters Chapter 7 Liquidation

The bankruptcy caps a long decline in clout as streaming platforms blunted its once-potent pressure on broadcasters and advertisers.

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FILE: Tim Winter, then the president of the Parents Television Council, sits on the left alongside other attendees of a Senate hearing on violence in the media in Washington, on June 26, 2007.
The nonprofit Parents Television Council, headquartered on Glenoaks Boulevard in Burbank, Calif., filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 3, 2025.
FILE: Leo Brent Bozell III, founder of the Media Research Center, speaks during a panel on April 14, 2016, in Washington.

Overview

  • The Burbank-based nonprofit filed Oct. 3 in Delaware for Chapter 7 liquidation, reporting roughly $92,000 in assets and $285,000 in liabilities.
  • Following the filing, the group’s social media accounts were taken offline and president Jon Yasuda’s autoreply stated he is no longer employed.
  • Variety reports donations fell from as much as $6.6 million in the early 2000s to $1.6 million in 2023.
  • Founded by L. Brent Bozell III in 1995, the council once drove FCC indecency campaigns, including complaints tied to the Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident and a $3.6 million fine against CBS for a 2004 Without a Trace episode.
  • The organization did not respond to requests for comment, and the liquidation points to a wind-down after a 2021 rebrand and a final news release dated Sept. 3.