Former USAGM CEO Paid $1 Million to Investigate Staff, Documents Show

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Former USAGM CEO Paid $1 Million to Investigate Staff, Documents Show

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Agency for Global Media has released financial documents showing the agency’s Trump-appointed CEO paid an outside law firm more than $1 million for work that included investigating its own staff. In a statement Friday, USAGM said it has proactively released the first set of contracts and decision-making documents and would add […]

New Acting USAGM Chief Begins Undoing Predecessor’s Policies

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New Acting USAGM Chief Begins Undoing Predecessor’s Policies

WASHINGTON – Moving swiftly on her first day as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, journalist Kelu Chao oversaw the removal of the top executive at the Voice of America, reversing a widely criticized appointment by her Trump-appointed predecessor, Michael Pack. Robert Reilly, whom Pack appointed as director of Voice of America […]