February 7, 2013 CUSIB Statement on Recent BBG Developments The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has released the following statement in response to recent developments at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting extends our best wishes to Secretary of State John Kerry who has become the newest […]
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CUSIB Applauds Actions by BBG Members to Increase Transparency and Accountability
January 18, 2013 CUSIB Applauds Actions by BBG Members to Increase Transparency and Accountability The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement in response to the January 2013 Office of Inspector General Report on the Broadcasting Board of Governors: “The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) continues to maintain our support […]
Open Letter to Jeff Shell, President of NBC Universal
Open Letter to Jeff Shell, President of NBC Universal Mr. Jeff Shell Chairman, NBC Universal International January 14, 2013 Dear Mr. Shell: On behalf of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB), we respectfully request for you to decline the nomination to serve as the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors if you choose […]
CUSIB Congratulates Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Recipient Kristina Gorelik
Former Radio Liberty human rights reporter Kristina Gorelik December 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Congratulates Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Recipient Kristina Gorelik The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) congratulates Russian human rights reporter Kristina Gorelik (Кристина Горелик), who received the 2012 Moscow Helsinki Group prize for “journalistic activity aimed at promoting human rights […]
CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty Supporters
October 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty Supporters The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) stands in solidarity with Radio Liberty supporters and listeners who demonstrated at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow Tuesday against the mass firing of Radio Liberty (Radio Svoboda) journalists, web editors, and other staffers. […]
Dismissed Radio Liberty Moscow Journalists Ask CUSIB to Present Their Appeal to U.S. Administration
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Supporting journalism for media freedom and human rights The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has been asked by a committee of former Radio Liberty Moscow journalists and other staffers who were dismissed last month in a secretly-planned two-day action by the management of Radio Free […]
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Condemns Crippling of Radio Liberty in Russia
September 30, 2012 For Immediate Release The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Condemns Crippling of Radio Liberty in Russia The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) stands in solidarity with Lyudmila Alexeeva, Chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, in her call for the expansion of Radio Liberty broadcasts in Russia and the reversal of the […]
Smith-Mundt Act Modifications Lack Protections Against Abuse
Smith-Mundt Act Modifications Lack Protections Against Abuse by Ted Lipien While the independent, nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting supports some changes in the Smith-Mundt Act, we and many other media freedom advocates share grave concerns that officials of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will use the new legislation to abandon some foreign audiences […]
Annette Lantos Defends Voice of America Broadcasts to China
Annette Lantos Defends Voice of America Broadcasts to China Annette Lantos, wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has written a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) defending Voice of America China broadcasts in Tibetan and Cantonese. The BBG put these broadcasts on the chopping block in its budget proposal earlier this […]
CUSIB Applauds Annette Lantos’ Plea to Save Voice of America Services
April 11, 2012 CUSIB Applauds Annette Lantos’ Plea to Save Voice of America (VOA) Services The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is honored to learn that Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) proposals to cut Voice of America (VOA) services. Mrs. Lantos’s April 4, 2012 letter to the […]