Link to VIDEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CUSIB and U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors Warn of New ‘Great Cannon’ Internet Censorship in China MAY 2, 2015 The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) and Chairman of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Mr. Jeff Shell, issued separate warnings about […]
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CUSIB Condemns BBG Shortwave Committee Report for Targeting Vulnerable Radio Audiences for Cuts Rather Than Cutting Waste
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2014 The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a statement condemning the the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting report, inappropriately titled “To Be Where the Audience Is,” for targeting poor and vulnerable radio audiences for cuts […]
CUSIB Calls for Matt Armstrong to Step Aside as Chair of the BBG's Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting
July 21, 2014 For Immediate Release CUSIB Calls for Matt Armstrong to Step Aside as Chair of the BBG’s Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting In response to the sudden and serious damage done to the Broadcasting Board of Governors short wave and medium wave radio services to countries without free media, Committee […]
CUSIB urges management reforms at BBG
CUSIB Directors Defend Radio TV Marti Journalists, Support Royce – Engel Bill to Reform Broadcasting Board of Governors Link to video on YouTube. At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) board meeting in Miami, FL on June 20, 2014, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) representatives, Ann Noonan and Ted Lipien, expressed their […]
CUSIB Welcomes Mark Gjonaj
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2014 CUSIB Welcomes Mark Gjonaj The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is pleased to welcome Mark Gjonaj who has accepted our invitation to serve as a Member of our Advisory Board. Ann Noonan, CUSIB’s Executive Director and co-founder stated: “CUSIB is honored that Mark Gjonaj has accepted […]
CUSIB Advisory Board member John Lenczowski offers his USIM reform proposal in WSJ op-ed
CUSIB Advisory Board member Dr. John Lenczowski presented in an Wall Street Journal op-ed his proposal to reform U.S. international media (USIM) outreach. Dr. Lenczowski, a public diplomacy expert, criticized numerous cuts in U.S. funded broadcasts in recent years. “Reaching modern audiences requires multiple media: Internet, cell phones, television and radio—using all frequencies: AM, FM […]
Statement by CUSIB Executive Director
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan issued a statement on the announced departure from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) of its President and CEO Kevin Klose. The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) thanks Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty […]
CUSIB Offers Support For RFE/RL Ukranian Service Journalists Beaten By Police
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2014 CUSIB Offers Support For RFE/RL Ukranian ServicesJournalists Beaten By Police The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is outraged by reports that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)Ukrainian Service journalists, Dmytro Barkar and Igor Iskhakov, were beaten and detained by police while covering clashes in Kiev […]
U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ' very valuable' and 'very important'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2014 U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ‘very valuable’ and ‘very important,’ but more funding from Congress and more oversight from BBG are needed The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) applauds a statement by a high-level U.S. State Department official who told a U.S. Senate […]
CUSIB Statement on Denial of Visa by Russia to David Satter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2014 CUSIB Statement on Denial of Visa by Russia to David Satter Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is appalled by the Russian Government’s denial of visa to distinguished American journalist and advisor to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) David Satter. We share RFE/RL President Kevin Klose’s expressions […]