BBG Governor Susan McCue supports restoration of funding for Tibet and China broadcasts from management expenditures
At the meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Miami on April 20, BBG Governor Susan…
Victor Ashe offers his email address for public comments on U.S. international broadcasting
Often referred to as a senior Republican member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Ambassador Victor Ashe…
CUSIB – Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet
This press release was issued by the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April…
BBG reverses planned reductions in Voice of America and Radio Free Asia broadcasts to Tibet and China
At today’s meeting at Radio and TV Marti in Miami, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) approved a…
BBG considers new strategy and reversal of planned broadcasting cuts to China and Tibet
In response to overwhelming criticism from human rights groups, journalists and one of its members, the Broadcasting Board…
BBG plans to confuse the world with yet another brand name – GNN
BBG Watch Commentary As the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) prepares to eliminate the Voice of America brand…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG Strategy: We’re Abandoning Our Mission and We Don’t Care!
Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG Strategy: We’re Abandoning Our Mission and We Don’t Care! by The Federalist Let’s get…
IBB executive staff concerned about FOIA requests on their travels
Members of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff are reported to be deeply concerned about FOIA requests…
Director Bruce Sherman on Broadcasting Board of Governors' killing of Voice of America brand-name
BBG Watch Commentary Why is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) trying to silence Voice of America (VOA)…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Negative Impact Through Disintegration
Broadcasting Board of Governors Negative Impact Through Disintegration by The Federalist In late March, the Broadcasting Board of…
U.S. public diplomacy chief Tara Sonenshine to visit the disappearing Voice of America
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives who have embarrassed the Obama Administration…
Tibetan woman challenges Gallup and Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Speaking up at a panel discussion on media freedom, an unidentified Tibetan woman challenged the…
Tibetans protest at BBG's Michael Lynton's LA Sony office against silencing of Voice of America radio in Tibet
A group of Tibetans and human rights community supporters protested Friday in Los Angeles at the Sony Pictures…
Michael Lynton, Don't Silence the Voice of America Tibetan Radio
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a US federal agency in charge of taxpayer-funded US international broadcasts, wants…
Broadcasting Board of Governors misleads Congress on shortwave radio reception in China
BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives were on Capitol Hill last week trying…
Something rotten in the state of the BBG
A guest commentary by Edite Lynch The continued flow of information from people in the know concerning the…
International Broadcasting Bureau – driving the mission into the ground
From a Broadcaster Nobody should miss the key point in the letter to Congress: The IBB — International…
You can’t make this up: International Broadcasting Bureau runs cosmetic classes
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP: TO PUT ITS BEST FACE FORWARD, THE IBB RUNS COSMETICS CLASSES by Quo Vadis…
Morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors grantees at all-time low due to bureaucratic power-grab
This BBG Watch Commentary is based on several inside sources. Bureaucratic power-grab After making a good start on…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Ides of March in the Voice of America Newsroom
by The Federalist The Voice of America (VOA) Newsroom is not a happy place: It is one of…
Silencing of Voice of America radio to Tibet to be explained by chief BBG strategist
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan and BBG’s Director of Strategy and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Forget Voice of America radio WHAM ( Winning Hearts and Minds )
CACOPHONY AT COHEN CONTINUUM: Dance of the Comedians by Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) In November 2011, at a…
BBG's Governor Ashe visits Asia where BBG plans major cuts in Voice of America broadcasts
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) senior Republican member Ambassador Victor Ashe is visiting Asia where the BBG…
Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio appeals to Congress for protection from Obama Administration cut
A recently launched Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio website (www.savevoatibetanradio.com) and a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/savevoatibetan) urge supporters…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – We Know Who The Enemy Is – Part I
by The Federalist It certainly isn’t BBG Watch. And it isn’t the Committee on US International Broadcasting (CUSIB).…
BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interests
BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interests defines proposed program cuts at Voice of America The bureaucratic executive…
Confused IBB and BBG bureaucracy grows at the expense of strategy, national interests, and public diplomacy
Who’s on first… By Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) Of late, a lot of confusion at the BBG, IBB,…
Obama, Clinton, Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi congratulate VOA on 70th anniversary amid severe cuts
As the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plans to eliminate and reduce numerous Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Eve of Destruction
by The Federalist On March 7, 2012 the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plans to mark the 70th…
Broadcasting Board of Governors employee union withdraws from Labor/Management Forum, cites management's bad faith
The AFGE Local 1812 Employee Union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced it was withdrawing from…
BBG Ready to Drop the Ax on Cantonese and Tibetan Services by CUSIB's Ann Noonan in National Review
This article by the Committee for U.S. international Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan was published in National…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Behold! The Master Plan
by The Federalist As we already know, as part of the administration’s FY2013 budget, the Broadcasting Board…
Demoralized Voice of America — Georgian Service
“The Georgian Service of the Voice of America is demoralized,” a VOA staffer wrote to BBG Watch. It…
North Carolina Congressman Asks For Modernizing U.S. Broadcasting Facility
BBG Watch News Commentary Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC) is asking the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to…
HOWL – Part Five – Let them eat cake
A Voice of America journalist who uses a pen name Mary Jane has posed this problem: As we…
BBG awarded 50 million dollar contract to Gallup while planning to terminate broadcasts and fire over 200 journalists
Journalists at the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Alhurra TV, Radio Sawa, and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Not Too Big To Fail
by The Federalist The Broadcasting Board of Governors – International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), known to be the worst…
BBG member S. Enders Wimbush described as chief architect of program cuts to Tibet, China and other communist countries
BBG Watch News Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that it was not former Democratic Broadcasting Board of Governors…
CUSIB Congratulates Michael Lynton on Appointment as Interim Presiding Governor
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB), an independent nongovernmental organization that urges the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to pay closer attention to human rights reporting, serving oppressed audiences and fair treatment of employees, has released a statement congratulating Michael Lynton on his appointment as Interim Presiding Governor.
New Media Scholar Nikolay Rudenskiy Is Author of ‘Pro-Putin Bias In VOA’ Study
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that an independent Russian journalist who warned about a “pro-Putin” bias…
BBG orders that contractors be paid on time by Thanksgiving
BBG Watch has learned that at the Governance Committee meeting this week, the Committee adopted unanimously (all four Governors present were: Michael Lynton, Susan McCue, Dennis Mulhaupt and Victor Ashe; Lynton and McCue participated by phone) a motion directing that all contractors be paid on time by Thanksgiving of this year.
Would Navalny visit Voice of America? Follow up to Washington Times op-ed
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former VOA acting associate director who now serves on the board of directors…
Cowards and Bullies – The Federalist
by The Federalist We hear that a certain member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has been…
Broadcasting Board of Governor's policies blamed for fake Voice of America interview
One can make a very good argument that going all web and eliminating Voice of America (VOA) Russian…
Where is IBB/BBG's alpha wolf Richard Lobo?
This is a BBG Watch commentary. Lobo means wolf (Canis lupus) in Spanish. Wolf (Lobo) is a noble…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: Walter Isaacson Exits The BBG – The Federalist
by The Federalist On Friday, January 27, 2012 Walter Isaacson announced his resignation as chairman of the Broadcasting…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: More of The Battle Rages On – The Federalist
The Federalist calls for translating into English and putting online some of the foreign language reports and commentaries…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: The Battle Rages On – The Federalist
by The Federalist There seems to be a conflicted message coming out of the Broadcasting Board of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: All Along The Watchtower – The Federalist
by The Federalist A considerable amount of howling has been coming from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
The “New” BBG Strategic Plan, Part Two
by The Federalist As said before, this alleged “plan” isn’t new. It’s recycled and repackaged a bit, but…