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BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which oversees U.S. government-funded international broadcasting by the Voice of America (VOA), Radio and TV Marti

BBG Watch Commentary Ordered by the nine-member Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff reluctantly published a

Capitalism has arrived at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). One of its top executives talked in a radio interview last week of "Brand Name Media Properties." Presumably,

[caption id="attachment_10438" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Michael Meehan"][/caption] In a meeting last Thursday in Chicago with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors Michael Meehan

The Broadcasting Board of Governors' (BBG) decision to end Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts to Tibet produced worldwide protests from independent journalists and human rights groups. In

Op-Ed: Strange and Incomprehensible Actions of the Broadcasting Board of Governors A Guest Commentary from Canada by Edite Lynch It has become worldwide knowledge that American President Barack

This opinion piece was submitted by a journalist who works at the headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Prague, the Czech Republic. The writer, who uses the

[caption id="attachment_11696" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Chen Guangcheng with his family"][/caption] The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board member Reggie Littlejohn reported that blind Chinese human rights activist

[caption id="attachment_12085" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, at VOA Chinese 70th Birthday Reception on Capitol Hill. BBG members failed to

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency whose top executives use such terms as "old white guys" and "cute high school intern," is in trouble for

[caption id="attachment_14717" align="alignleft" width="361" caption="Revolution monument in Managua"][/caption] This past December 2011, the VOA Spanish Service celebrated the 50th anniversary of its popular broadcast, Buenos Dias America, to

As Gabriel Garcia Marquez once said:

La sabiduría nos llega cuando ya no nos sirve de nada. Wisdom comes to us when it’s already too late.

How an employer treats his employees determines how loyal they are, how well they perform and how an organization they work for is perceived by the public. Public

BBG Watch Commentary Is it only us, or was Lynne Weil engaging in a bit of passive aggressive behavior at the recent Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting in