Voice of America Information War Lost: A Malfunction Of Comment and Punctuation
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch offers various opinions on the latest Russia’s RT campaign to discredit new Broadcasting…
If we are behind Russia and China, that will change, BBG director Andy Lack tells NYT
BBG Watch In an interview with New York Times reporter Ron Nixon, newly sworn-in Chief Executive Officer and…
Rep. Sherman right on more funding but Congress must check Voice of America North Korea reporting
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), the second Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,…
NOONAN, PRESUTTI, HEIL — mismanagement, independence, future of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Link to Video At the open board meeting in Washington Thursday, Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Illegally dismissed Radio and TV Marti journalists still in a limbo after five years
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a Radio and TV Marti illegally…
A Time to Give Thanks
BBG Watch Commentary Happy Thanksgiving to all BBG Watch readers and contributors. We repost today a commentary by…
CUSIB Applauds Breakthrough in the BBG’s 5-year Log Jam for Radio and TV Marti Workers
BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has welcomed the news…
Illegally RIFed Radio & TV Marti journalists look to another disappointing Christmas
BBG Watch Commentary Despite repeated promises from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) board members that the agency is…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: Storytelling
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost: Storytelling By The Federalist The most recent meeting of…
NOONAN: gross mismanagement of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan spoke at…
Government Executive on VOA management’s short-lived Ebola vaccine test and report idea
BBG Watch Commentary Quoting BBG Watch, its anonymous commentator, The Federalist, and a statement by Committee for U.S.…
October 30, 2014 BBG Board Meeting VIDEO
BBG Watch Commentary The video of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on October 30,…
BBG Board Meeting and What Is The Secret To Media Brand Loyalty?
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors Board meeting will start at 9:30 AM on Thursday. If…
Lack Meets With Reform-Minded CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Interacting with an advocacy group that has been critical of certain Broadcasting Board of Governors…
BBG CEO-Designate Andy Lack Meets CUSIB Supporters of U.S. International Media
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE News and Commentary Journalist and media executive Andrew Lack, who had been selected by the…
CUSIB congratulates Andy Lack on CEO position at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting, (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a press release in which…
Former BBG Governor Ashe welcomes news of Andy Lack as CEO
BBG Watch Commentary Former Broadcasting Board of Governor (BBG) member and CUSIB member Victor Ashe welcomed the selection…
U.S. media on Andy Lack CEO announcement by BBG
BBG Watch Commentary VARIETY Andrew Lack to Leave Bloomberg for Federal Agency Post The current chairman, Universal’s Jeff…
BBG Names Andy Lack CEO – BBG Watch had it first
BBG Watch Commentary As predicted first and reported exclusively by BBG Watch last week, Andrew R. Lack, age…
CUSIB calls radio the best countermeasure to Internet censorship and spying on netizens in China – CUSIB PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has posted a press…
On Ferguson, Voice of America top brass shows Rick Stengel why Russia’s RT is better
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on August 13 in Washington,…
Voice of America bosses and staff on vacation, no VOA reporter in Ferguson, Missouri
BBG Watch Commentary The same management of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which provided on-the-scene coverage of…
NBC interviews Voice of America journalist and Yazidi activist – BBG Media Highlights – August 18, 2014
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Media Highlights are compiled, posted and sent out to subscribers by the staff of…
Were we channelling à la the Twilight Zone? – JANE DOE Op-Ed
Guest Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the International…
BBG End of Summer 2014 Conundrums
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: BBG End of Summer 2014 Conundrums By…
CUSIB’s ANN NOONAN: management meltdown at the Voice of America
Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), speaking…
Voice of America snubs White House aide Ben Rhodes speaking on VOA’s future, Russia’s RT had a report
BBG Commentary Whether it was a deliberate snub or yet another example of management and news reporting meltdown…
BBG hears from the White House, CUSIB
BBG Watch Commentary In remarks to the Board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Assistant to the…
CUSIB Condemns BBG Shortwave Committee Report for Targeting Vulnerable Radio Audiences for Cuts Rather Than Cutting Waste — PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a press…
House Passes U.S. International Broadcasting Reform Bill
BBG Report and Commentary Saying the United States is “losing the information battle” with Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
BBG Shortwave Committee Chair defends himself against criticism by CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Shortwave Committee Chair Matt Armstrong expressed…
CUSIB Calls for Matt Armstrong to Step Aside as Shortwave Chair
BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has called for the…
Brave New World Vision for Voice of America Challenged
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former acting associate director for the Voice of America (VOA) and co-founder of…
CUSIB Director Meets with BBG Chairman Shell
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that Ted Lipien, Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International…
Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…
Audit finds low morale at U.S. Radio and TV Marti to Cuba, California paper reports
BBG Watch Commentary “Low morale still plagues the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the U.S. government organization responsible for…
Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real
Commentary Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real By Ted Lipien No one I know…
BBG not to challenge legal rulings in favor of RIFed OCB – Radio and TV Marti employees
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member told Committee for…
CUSIB adds Albanian American voice to its Advisory Board
BBG Watch Commentary An Albanian American political and civic leader has joined the Advisory Board of the Committee…
How Effective Is the BBG in 2014? – Radio World asks
BBG Watch Commentary In an article in Radio World, “How Effective Is the BBG in 2014?,” Randy J. Stine quotes…
Former BBG Governor Susan McCue joins CUSIB
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), which supports U.S. international media…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
The Voice of America Shouldn’t Be A Whisper by John Lenczowski
BBG Watch Commentary In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, former President Reagan’s Soviet affairs advisor John Lenczowski argues…
Voice of America English news site ignores Kerry and Stengel, equates Obama with Putin
BBG Watch Commentary We found it interesting that Voice of America (VOA) English news website ignored the swearing-in…
Voice of America – Yesterday’s News Tomorrow – 24 Hours Late on Moscow Anti-Censorship Protest
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America English news website was more than 24 hours late in posting a…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan on need for management reforms at VOA and IBB
BBG Watch Commentary At the April 11 meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors in Washington, DC, Committee…
Albanian Americans, others concerned about decision to end U.S.-funded media outreach to the Balkans
BBG Watch Commentary A decision by the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to end Voice of America…
Rights Activists, CUSIB Members and Guests Participate in ‘Hold On, Liu Xia’ Event – CUSIB Press Release
The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is co-sponsored “HOLD ON LIU XIA!” to raise…
CUSIB Urges BBG To Keep Radio As Part of Multimedia Strategy
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is urging the federal Broadcasting…
CUSIB co-sponsors ‘HOLD ON LIU XIA!’ at NY Museum of Tolerance
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is co-sponsoring “HOLD ON LIU…