Fired Radio Liberty chief web editor receives prestigious journalism prize in Russia
Lyudmila Telen, who in September was fired from her position as the chief editor of the Radio Liberty…
Gessen and Ragona say Russian media reports of Korn's departure from RFE/RL are nothing but rumors, insiders disagree
BBG Watch Commentary President of Radio Liberty Dismissed for Destroying Editorial Office – Russia Today, Dec. 25, 2012 Radio…
Fired Radio Liberty Internet team and its young reporter Elena Vlasenko receive Sakharov journalism prize
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty Internet team fired last September by American executives of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Gessen's attacks on Radio Liberty's American supporters bring more negative Russian media coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Recent attacks in Russian by Masha Gessen, the new head of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service,…
BBG member counters Masha Gessen's spin on Radio Liberty in Russian media
BBG Watch Commentary It used to be the job of the director of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service to…
Video of CUSIB's Ann Noonan asking BBG to protect Radio Liberty journalists
In addressing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington on Friday, the Committee for…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth – Part Three
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth Part Three: Employee Voices by The Federalist (Note: This…
Steven Korn to leave RFE/RL within 45 days, sources say
BBG Watch Commentary According to sources inside the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) headquarters, at a meeting in…
Russian and international media on Radio Liberty crisis, Dec. 13, 2012
Shortly after his executives fired dozens of Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow last September, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Radio Liberty in Exile journalists sent their comments and analysis to BBG members
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a group of fired Radio Liberty journalists and those who…
Radio Liberty disappears from most cited radios list in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Just two months after Masha Gessen took over as the new director of Radio Liberty’s…
CUSIB Congratulates Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Recipient Kristina Gorelik
Reposted from the CUSIB – www.cusib.org – website. December 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Congratulates Moscow Helsinki…
Sex and drugs trump human rights on new Russian home page of Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary On the International Human Rights Day, December 10, Masha Gessen’s Radio Liberty, also known in…
Fired Radio Liberty reporter Kristina Gorelik receives Moscow Helsinki Group Journalism Prize
BBG Watch Commentary Kristina Gorelik (Кристина Горелик), fired last September by American taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth, Part Two
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth Part Two: The Managers Speak, Sort Of by The Federalist…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is starting to look more like Playboy and National Enquirer
BBG Watch Commentary Sexually suggestive videos and racy photos — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is changing its…
Radio Liberty Russian website stops showing number of visitors to hide precipitous decline
UPDATE After the publication of this BBG Watch article, the Radio Liberty Russian website resumed showing number of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth by The Federalist As we like to…
Radio Liberty offers young Kazakh Muslims American-style videos with sexual content, causes outrage
BBG Watch Commentary “I don’t understand why RFE/RL produced these obscene videos using American taxpayers’ money.” — Kazakh…
Breaking News – Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty Board plans to hear directly from fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Board of Directors…
From Radio Liberty to "Radio Gessen" – Milestones of the Road Map
BBG Watch Commentary From Radio Liberty to “Radio Gessen” – Milestones of the Road Map An insider’s report…
Former editor Lyudmila Telen pained by catastrophic audience drop for Radio Liberty's Russian website
BBG Watch Commentary Ludmila Telen (Телень, Людмила Олеговна – Russian Wikipedia), an award-winning Russian journalist who was fired…
Russian and international media continue to report on Radio Liberty crisis
BBG Watch Commentary After Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) fired more than 30 Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow,…
Russian media report on launching of Radio Liberty in Exile news website SvobodaNew.com
Interfax, the biggest non-governmental Russian news agency, reported the launching of SvobodaNew.com, the news and information website set…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion by The Federalist “There is something…
RFE/RL management blocks employee access to Radio Liberty in Exile website SvobodaNew.com
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the management of BBG-supervised Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
UK-based Russia expert Masha Karp analyzes Radio Liberty's demise
Masha Karp is a trustee of Rights in Russia and a London-based freelance journalist with a special interest in relations between Russia…
Research from Putin's pollster in Chechnya used to silence Radio Liberty, former RL journalist reports
A former Radio Liberty investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko wrote in her blog that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
Radio Liberty making waves: have no lessons from the past been learnt?
This article by fired Radio Liberty human rights reporter Kristina Gorelik is reposted with permission from the openDemocracy…
OpenDemocracy republishes BBG Watch commentary by former Radio Liberty journalist
Online UK-based openDemocracy journal republished a BBG Watch article by Anastasia Kirilenko “The Death of Radio Liberty.” “US-funded…
U.S. Still Needs Radio for Public Diplomacy in the Internet Age – WPR
Tom Woods, World Politics Review analyst, wrote that during the last presidential debate, which was focused on foreign…
Mr. Korn's "Field of Dreams" at Radio Liberty
A commentary from a BBG Watch contributor in Prague. After viewing the link to the meeting between Radio…
Radio Liberty-in-Exile posts YouTube video of Lyudmila Alexeeva confronting RFE/RL president Steven Korn
Almost the complete transcript of Lyudmila Alexeeva’s statement can be found in this earlier BBG Watch report: Human…
RFE/RL censors comments critical of its top management
This report was prepared for BBG Watch by a retired RFE/RL senior Russian Service editor. UPDATE: After the…
A New Plan for New Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary A New Plan for New Radio Liberty by Lev Roitman, RFE/RL Senior Commentator (1974-2004) We…
Why I Left Radio Liberty
Why I Left Radio Liberty by Anastasia Kirilenko I am a 28-year-old Russian web editor and investigative radio…
Digital investment wasted by incompetence and strategic blunders
Digital investment in Radio Liberty wasted by incompetence and strategic blunders A commentary by Ivan Trefilov, former Radio…
Human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva stopped cooperating with Radio Liberty, accused RFE/RL president Korn of mistreating journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Famous Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva (also spelled Alexeyeva), whose programs on Radio Liberty…
Radio Liberty-in-Exile protest in Moscow planned for Monday
BBG Watch – www.bbgwatch.com Commentary Radio Liberty-in-Exile group of fired Radio Liberty journalists is planning a protest in…
Corti and Lipien in National Review – Radio Liberty silenced by Washington
BBG Watch Commentary In an article published in National Review Online, Mario Corti and Ted Lipien argue that…
Letter from Prague – Questions for Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty President Steven Korn
BBG Watch Commentary – a Letter from Prague by an anonymous Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist My…
Radio Liberty Russian website going to the dogs
According to a report prepared by former Radio Liberty employees, the station’s Russian Service website is not being…
New Radio Liberty head in Russia in charge of digital transition lost website visitors at previous employer, report shows
BBG Watch Commentary President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Steven Korn tells anyone who would listen that Russian…
Radio Liberty listeners appeal to President Obama to bring back fired Radio Liberty journalists, restore radio programs
We demand that a compromise with Russian authorities be found so that Radio Svoboda continues medium-wave broadcasting. We…
CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty Supporters
Reposted from CUSIB website. October 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty…
Dismissed Radio Liberty Moscow Journalists Sent Their Appeal to U.S. Administration, Congress, and Mitt Romney
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a committee of 35 journalists and other staffers out of…
Former Radio Liberty Russian Service director Mario Corti – RFE/RL management turns radio listeners and visitors to its website in Russia into anti-Americans
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty Management Turns Radio Listeners and Visitors To Its Website in Russia Into…
Fired Radio Liberty Moscow employees included famous journalists and digital media experts
BBG Watch Commentary The new director of the Radio Liberty Russian Service, Russian American journalist, writer and gay…
Breaking News – Gorbachev, other Russian opposition leaders defend fired Radio Liberty journalists, criticize U.S. management and Obama administration
BBG Watch Commentary Former Soviet President and author of glasnost and perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev, was surprised by the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors not quite sure whether Putin restricts media freedom in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the U.S. federal agency in charge of international news…