US EditionVoice of America ending contracts with Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse
- The U.S. Agency for Global Media , an independent U.S. government agency with an 83-year history and a nearly billion-dollar budget, is ending its contracts with major international news agencies.
- The USAGM, responsible for broadcasting news internationally, is cutting contracts with The Associated Press , Reuters, and Agence France-Presse .
- Senior Trump administration advisor Kari Lake announced the move on social media, describing the contracts as expensive and unnecessary, worth tens of millions of dollars.
- Lake stated that with a nearly billion-dollar budget, USAGM should be producing its own news content, questioning the need to pay outside news companies.
- The decision to end these contracts aligns with the views of L. Brent Bozell III, a conservative media critic appointed as head of USAGM in January after President Trump took office, who has advocated for reshaping U.S. government-funded news operations.
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'Nonsense': Kari Lake Announces Major Move Against The Associated Press
Kari Lake, the former Arizona candidate who has since taken up a prominent role in the Trump administration, announced on Sunday that its international media arm would be terminating contracts with the Associated Press and other “nonsense” media outlets she has previously accused of writing baseless hit pieces against the president. Lake, who now serves as Special Adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, said in a statement that Voice of Am…
Kari Lake Announces Voice Of America Is Dumping Legacy Outlets
Special Adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Kari Lake announced Friday that Voice of America (VOA) will terminate its contracts with The Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse. VOA, an international broadcasting state media network, is funded by USAGM, with former President Joe Biden requesting in March 2024 a budget increase for the 2025 […] Kari Lake Announces Voice Of America Is Dumping Legacy Outlets
In the U.S., the government agency that operates the foreign broadcaster Voice of America has terminated contracts with the news agencies AP, Reuters and AFP. Journalists of the congress-funded radio station were invited at a meeting to stop using agency content for their reports, as media professionals present reported.
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