Tara Sonenshine – Broadcasting Board of Governors is in urgent need of reform
BBG Watch Commentary In an emailed farewell note, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs…
Governor Victor Ashe welcomes House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Victor Ashe welcomed the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
Should U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors members do private business in Russia and China?
BBG Watch Commentary Most people know or suspect that major business deals for U.S. companies, especially media deals,…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Definitely Out of Order – “Considering The Changing Landscape”
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Definitely Out of Order – “Considering…
BBG: Consider the Changing Landscape by BBG Governor Michael Meehan
BBG Watch Commentary In a Radio World article, BBG: Consider the Changing Landscape, Michael Meehan, one of the…
On Snowden and other news, foreigners get America’s story in English from Al Jazeera and Russia Today, not from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary When it comes to almost any major international news story, even those originating in the…
On Snowden and other news, foreigners get America's story in English from Al Jazeera and Russia Today, not from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary When it comes to almost any major international news story, even those originating in the…
Russia Today video views on You Tube vastly outnumber Voice of America’s, VOA news coverage crippled by bureaucrats
BBG Watch Commentary In justifying his decision not to send any staff reporters or video journalists to Turkey…
Russia Today video views on You Tube vastly outnumber Voice of America's, VOA news coverage crippled by bureaucrats
BBG Watch Commentary In justifying his decision not to send any staff reporters or video journalists to Turkey…
BBG Governor Ashe receives Glasnost Award in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary In Moscow, Russian human rights activists presented today Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member, former…
Posting ‘Governor Ashe Visits RFE/RL In Prague’ took some persuading
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that it took some persuading on the part of Broadcasting Board…
Posting 'Governor Ashe Visits RFE/RL In Prague' took some persuading
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that it took some persuading on the part of Broadcasting Board…
BBG Press Release: BBG Broadcasters Earn Record-Breaking Audience Topping 200 Million A Week Worldwide
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) journalists are indeed doing an outstanding job under very difficult…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe: situation at RFE/RL ‘has been righted’
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting on June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe: situation at RFE/RL 'has been righted'
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting on June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC…
Al Jazeera, Russia Today, U.S. International Broadcasting — which will be “A Voice of the Voiceless”?
BBG Watch Commentary Two media articles caught our eye this weekend. “Al Jazeera America Pitches Cable On Plan…
Al Jazeera, Russia Today, U.S. International Broadcasting — which will be "A Voice of the Voiceless"?
BBG Watch Commentary Two media articles caught our eye this weekend. “Al Jazeera America Pitches Cable On Plan…
Dissidents and U.S. broadcasting officials honored as champions of free speech
This report is from the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org). CUSIB’s Executive Director Ann…
Award-winning Czech filmmaker to do a documentary on discrimination of RFE/RL foreign employees
BBG Watch Commentary Anna Karapetian, a journalist from Armenia fired by RFE/RL without a right to appeal. This…
Michael Lynton: absentee BBG Governor with business interests in Russia resigns
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim Presiding Governor Michael Lynton who has missed every…
BBG's Michael Meehan: human rights leaders in Russia are under unbelievable threats
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan said that human rights leaders in Russia…
BBG member may have a conflict in vigorously defending media freedom
BBG Watch Commentary At the May 15, 2013 open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Ann…
BBG Board Meeting, May 15, 2013 at 4PM EDT
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will hold its continuing board meeting today in Washington,…
What may be behind White House attempt to remove Victor Ashe from BBG board?
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) only Republican board member, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland…
Radio Liberty Journalists in Moscow to See Justice Done, Heritage Foundation Expert Reports
BBG Watch Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundations Senior Fellow in Public Diplomacy studies, reported on the…
Crocker and Ashe: both needed at Broadcasting Board of Governors
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Chess Moves by The…
BBG board nominee Ryan Crocker called the premier U.S. diplomat of his generation
BBG Commentary No diplomat matches Ambassador Ryan Crocker in direct experience in today’s Middle East, Leslie H. Gelb…
Obama nominates Ryan Crocker to serve on Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Will Ambassador Crocker’s nomination to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) displace corruption watcher and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – The Latest Numbers Game
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – The Latest Numbers Game by The Federalist…
BBG Governors offer support to journalists in nations without free media
BBG Watch Commentary In recent visits to Russia and Cambodia, members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
BBG Governors McCue and Meehan urge RFE/RL to work on returning fired journalists to Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary “In particular, we have asked Acting RFE/RL President Kevin Klose and his team to continue…
BBG Governors McCue and Meehan met in Moscow with Alexeeva and with fired Radio Liberty staffers
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members Susan McCue and Michael Meehan were in Moscow from…
Winds of change at Radio Liberty Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary Visiting Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president and CEO Kevin Klose met…
Three BBG members to receive Champion of Free Speech Award
BBG Watch Commentary Three members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of…
Two Broadcasting Board of Governors members will visit Russia, check on Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Two board members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Susan McCue and Michael Meehan,…
Masha Gessen resigns from Radio Liberty in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Controversial director of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Russian Service Masha Gessen has…
Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernable
BBG Watch Commentary Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael…
Sonenshine to leave public diplomacy post at State, sources told BBG Watch
BBG Watch Exclusive News Report and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Under Secretary of State for…
Top IBB officials are preventing hiring of an interim executive officer for BBG, undermine national security
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned from several reliable sources that top officials of the International Broadcasting…
Bureaucrats proposed cutting US broadcasts to North Caucasus, home of Boston bombing suspects
BBG Watch Commentary. U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) still broadcasts uncensored radio programs in…
Congress to Broadcasting Agency: Is Anyone Listening to Us? by Helle Dale
U.S. international broadcasting strategy again landed under congressional scrutiny in Wednesday’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, a Heritage…
Beyond BBG press release: Comments from AFGE 1812's Tim Shamble, CUSIB's Ann Noonan
BBG Watch Commentary “Mindful of the damage to RFE/RL’s reputation in Russia caused by the previous RFE/RL management,…
Obama nominates Matthew C. Armstrong to serve on Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary President Obama announced his intent to nominate Matthew C. Armstrong to serve as a member…
Susan McCue elected Chair of RFE/RL Board, Victor Ashe elected Vice-Chair
BBG Watch Commentary Two Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members who have been some of the strongest supporters…
Resignation of Dennis Mulhaupt from BBG was sudden, strange, unexplained
BBG Watch Commentary Sources tell BBG Watch that the resignation on Tuesday of Dennis Mulhaupt from the Broadcasting…
Dennis Mulhaupt leaves BBG, no quorum if Michael Lynton continues to be a no show at meetings
BBG Watch Commentary A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Dennis Mulhaupt has informed the White House that…
Two vice presidents departed Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Dale Cohen, Vice President of Administration at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) since…
IBB invited speaker who mocked former BBG member Hillary Clinton; some BBG governors furious with IBB's Director Lobo
BBG Watch Commentary The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) has invited and later announced it will disinvite a Roman…
Employees angry with IBB Director Lobo
BBG Watch Commentary Jane Smith is one of our occasional anonymous contributors to BBG Watch from within the…
Voice of America – Broadcasting Board of Governors – has worst bosses, Federal Times reports
BBG Watch Commentary Federal Times reported that the Voice of America (VOA) has some of the worst bosses…