Editing Garrison Keillor (section)

==== Separation from MPR ====
On November 29, 2017, the ''[[Star Tribune]]'' reported that [[Minnesota Public Radio]] was terminating all business relationships with Keillor as a result of "allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him." In January 2018, MPR CEO Jon McTaggart elaborated that they had received allegations of "dozens" of sexually inappropriate incidents from the individual, including requests for sexual contact.<ref name="mpr-yuen">{{Cite news |last1=Yuen |first1=Laura |last2=Sepic |first2=Matt |last3=Kerr |first3=Euan |date=January 23, 2018 |title=For some who lived in it, Keillor's world wasn't funny |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/23/keillor-workplace |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123220449/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/23/keillor-workplace |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2018 |work=[[MPR News]] |publisher=[[Minnesota Public Radio|MPR]] |location=St. Paul, Minnesota |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Keillor denied any wrongdoing and said his firing stems from an incident when he touched a woman's bare back while trying to console her. He said he had apologized to her soon after, that they had already made up, and that he was surprised to hear the allegations when her lawyer called.

In its statement of termination, MPR announced that Keillor would keep his executive credit for the show, but that since he owns the trademark for the phrase "prairie home companion", they would cease rebroadcasting episodes of ''A Prairie Home Companion'' featuring Keillor and remove the trademarked phrase from [[A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile|the radio show hosted by Chris Thile]]. MPR also eliminated its business connections to PrairieHome.org and stopped distributing Keillor's daily program ''[[The Writer's Almanac]]''.<ref name="MPR">{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2017 |title=Minnesota Public Radio statement on the firing of Garrison Keillor |url=http://www.startribune.com/mpr-statement-on-the-firing-of-garrison-keillor/460818103/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034154/http://www.startribune.com/mpr-statement-on-the-firing-of-garrison-keillor/460818103/ |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |access-date=November 30, 2017 |website=[[Minneapolis Star Tribune]] |publisher=Star Tribune Media Company LLC |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' also canceled Keillor's weekly column when they learned he had continued writing columns, including a controversial piece criticizing [[Al Franken]]'s resignation because of sexual misconduct allegations, without revealing that he was under investigation at MPR.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Baenen |first=Jeff |title=Garrison Keillor firing prompts backlash from fans; MPR reports 1 formal complaint |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-garrison-keillor-firing-backlash-20171130-story.html |access-date=January 16, 2018 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |publisher=[[Tronc]] |location=Chicago, Illinois |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last1=Ohlheiser |first1=Abby |last2=Zak |first2=Dan |last3=Fisher |first3=Marc |date=November 29, 2017 |title=Garrison Keillor, founder of 'A Prairie Home Companion,' fired after allegations of improper behavior |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/garrison-keillor-ex-host-of-a-prairie-home-companion-dropped-by-minnesota-public-radio-after-allegations-of-improper-behavior/2017/11/29/5fa1256c-d52c-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html |access-date=January 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |publisher=Nash Holdings LLC |location=Washington DC |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

Several fans wrote MPR to protest Keillor's firing, but only 153 members canceled their memberships because of it. In January 2018, Keillor announced he was in mediation with MPR over the firing.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Baenen |first=Jeff |date=January 8, 2018 |title=Keillor in mediation with Minnesota Public Radio over firing |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/keillor-in-mediation-with-minnesota-public-radio-over-firing/2018/01/08/3bab778e-f4b7-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109003213/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/keillor-in-mediation-with-minnesota-public-radio-over-firing/2018/01/08/3bab778e-f4b7-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html |archive-date=January 9, 2018 |access-date=January 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |publisher=Nash Holdings LLC |location=Washington DC |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> On January 23, 2018, MPR News reported further on the investigation after interviewing almost 60 people who had worked with Keillor. The story described other alleged sexual misconduct by Keillor, and a $16,000 severance check for a woman who was asked to sign a confidentiality agreement to prevent her from talking about her time at MPR (she refused and never deposited the check).<ref name="mpr-yuen" />