Back الوكالة الأمريكية للإعلام العالمي Arabic United States Agency for Global Media German Agencia de Estados Unidos para los Medios Globales Spanish سازمان رسانه‌های جهانی ایالات متحده Persian U.S. Agency for Global Media French U.S. Agency for Global Media ID Broadcasting Board of Governors Italian U.S. Agency for Global Media NB Агентство США по глобальным медиа Russian U.S. Agency for Global Media Swedish

U.S. Agency for Global Media

"Broadcasting Board of Governors" redirects here. For the similarly named organization in Canada, see Board of Broadcast Governors.

U.S. Agency for Global Media
Logo of the U.S. Agency for Global Media
Agency overview
FormedOctober 1, 1999 (1999-10-01)
Preceding agencies
TypeIndependent
HeadquartersWilbur J. Cohen Federal Building
Washington, D.C.
Annual budget$810 million (FY 2022)[1]
Agency executives
Websitewww.usagm.gov Edit this at Wikidata

The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), known until 2018 as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),[3] is an independent agency of the United States government that broadcasts news and information.[4][5] It is considered an arm of U.S. diplomacy.[6]

The USAGM supervises Voice of America (VOA) and Office of Cuba Broadcasting as well as state-funded[5] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting Networks and Open Technology Fund.[7][8]

  1. ^ "USAGM". usagm.gov. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Amanda Bennett". www.usagm.gov. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "'Most Worthless' US Government Agency May Become Trump TV". The Observer. August 23, 2018. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "U.S. Agency for Global Media". USA.gov. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Serhan, Yasmeen (February 23, 2021). "The Ultimate Symbol of America's Diminished Soft Power". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  6. ^ Garner, Robert; Ferdinand, Peter; Lawson, Stephanie (March 15, 2020). Introduction to Politics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-882061-1. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "USAGM". United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  8. ^ Zollman, Florian (September 2, 2021). "The Propaganda Apparatus of the National Security State". In Ward, Stephen J.A. (ed.). Handbook of Global Media Ethics. Springer International Publishing. p. 998. ISBN 9783319321035.

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