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…
House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing – Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency “Defunct”
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a…
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…
Radio Liberty and other independent journalists in Russia want BBG Governor Ashe to stay
BBG Watch Commentary When former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) executives fired them without any warning,…
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…
U.S. International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy Should Be Bipartisan – Helle Dale, Heritage Foundation
BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, a Heritage Foundation expert on public diplomacy, wrote that “the news that the…
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…
What's behind resignation of BBG's Michael Lynton
BBG Watch Commentary The resignation of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim Presiding Governor Michael Lynton was…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Penny’s Folly
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Penny’s Folly by The…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – The Gloom: Deep and Morose
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – The Gloom: Deep and Morose…
CUSIB asks McConnell to keep Ashe as BBG member
In a letter to Senator Mitch McConnell, the independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
BBG Honors RFE/RL’s North Caucasus Service
BBG Watch Commentary A year ago, the former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) management and the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors' employee union appeals to Senator McConnell to retain Ashe on BBG board
The union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees has written a letter to Senator Mitch McConnell, the…
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 employee union blasts IBB executives, praises Victor Ashe
Has there really been any significant change at the Agency that would result in improved morale? And why…
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…
Can the BBG's IBB bureaucrats get any lower?
Can the BBG’s IBB bureaucrats get any lower? by Jane Doe So, I haven’t written for a while…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe said Office of Cuba Broadcasting should ban smoking on its premises due to health and safety issues
“The recent fire started in the outside smoking area adjacent to the main building. The smoking area 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…
Moscow on the Potomac – bizarre attempt to ban U.S. official from Masha Gessen event
BBG Watch Commentary A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Dinner in Washington American journalist Judy Bachrach,…
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,…
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…
Generous bonuses for poorly performing SES executives at Broadcasting Board of Governors draw criticism
BBG Watch Commentary A list of cash bonuses given to the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), the Voice of…
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…