View Post PBS MacNeil-Lehrer Productions To Give Up Ownership of The ‘PBS NewsHour’ By Alex Weprin on Oct. 9, 2013 - 9:39 AM The “PBS NewsHour” will likely be getting new owners in the coming weeks. The public-TV stalwart, which has had some troubling months, even as it expanded to the weekend, is in talks with Washington DC public TV statio ...