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Trump administration almost totally dismantles Voice of America with latest terminations

Terminations of 639 employees were announced at organization founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda

The Guardian - US

Kari Lake makes it official: Hundreds of Voice of America employees given pink slips

‘It spells the death of 83 years of independent journalism that upholds U.S. ideals of democracy and freedom around the world,’ VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara said.

The Independent UK

Voice of America and Radio Farda's Persian services cover Israel-Iran conflict despite cutbacks

Despite the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle or sharply cut back on U.S. government-run news outlets like Voice of America, two Persian-language services have been called into duty to report on Israel's war with Iran to Iranian audiences

The Independent UK

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Congressional letter obtained by AP outlines drastic job cuts expected at Voice of America

Sharp job cuts at the state-run Voice of America are outlined in a letter to Congress that was obtained by The Associated Press

The Independent UK

Kari Lake sends firing plan to Congress that will leave Voice of America with only 18 employees

The US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and other state-run press organizations, will only have about 80 employees across the entire organization

The Independent UK

Kari Lake brought back a skeleton crew to Voice of America. They’re ‘angry most of the time’

‘To me, it feels like emotional terror to ensure obedience,’ VOA White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara, who is on administrative leave, told The Independent

The Independent UK

Trump administration fires nearly 600 contractors at Voice of America

Some workers at new network now face deportation as their visas are linked to their jobs

The Guardian - US

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Reporting from behind shifting front lines in Myanmar’s civil war

Journalists with the Shan State-based news outlet Shwe Phee Myay continue to report amid civil war and repression.

Al Jazeera

Embattled Voice of America to use newsfeed from hard-right network

One America News will now provide news and video to government-funded organization

The Guardian - US

Kari Lake announces partnership between far-right OAN and Voice of America to distribute pro-Trump message

‘Kari Lake providing One America News Network to our global audiences makes a mockery of the agency's history of independent non-partisan journalism,’ former USAGM Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner said in response

The Independent UK

‘Maduro did not close our bureau – Trump did’: Voice of America journalists speak out

Workers at the esteemed news service say they’re being silenced by the president – but they’re vowing to fight back

The Guardian - US

‘Fight back’: journalist taking Trump administration to court calls for media to resist attacks

Patsy Widakuswara, lead plaintiff in lawsuit fighting order to dismantle Voice of America, says US government is becoming more aggressive

The Guardian - UK

DOJ says VOA can resume broadcasting: Reporters Without Borders

The US Justice Department has informed Voice of America its staff can resume programming next week after the broadcaster was shuttered by President Donald Trump in March, according to Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without borders and a VOA employee said Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

Court foils plan to reinstate more than 1,000 Voice of America employees

After an earlier ruling raised hopes of getting VoA back on air, an appeals court sided with the Trump administration

The Guardian - US

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The Guardian - UK

‘A cocktail for a misinformed world’: why China and Russia are cheering Trump’s attacks on media

Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effects

The Conversation

Perfect storm of tech bros, foreign interference and disinformation is an urgent threat to press freedom

Media freedom has long been essential to healthy democracy. It is the oxygen that fuels informed debate, exposes corruption and holds power to account. But around the world, that freedom is under sustained attack.

Evening Standard

Valuation Office Agency to be scrapped in latest quango cull

The agency will be disbanded as a standalone division and the majority will be merged within HM Revenue & Customs by April next year.

The Guardian - UK

BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA

Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America’s former channel

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Euronews

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America

The administration of US President Donald Trump has been ordered to restore all Voice of America (VOA) staff and contractors to their jobs.

Al Jazeera

US judge blocks Trump’s effort to shutter international news service

District judge orders US administration to restore the capacity of broadcaster shuttered over claims of ‘leftist bias’.

The Conversation

What would – and should – happen to the ABC under the next federal government?

Who could possibly argue with the idea that the ABC should be efficiently run and produce excellent programs?

The Independent UK

You might be paying too much council tax. Here’s what to do about it

How to cut your council tax with little-known trick helping thousands

The Independent UK

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Hundreds of thousands of households could be paying too much

Fortune

Meet the 20th-century media tycoon who would have parried Trump’s isolationist thrust—and not cowered in fear of retaliation

Magazine magnate Henry Luce pushed for internationalism and bemoaned the “moral and practical bankruptcy of any and all forms of isolationism.”

Euronews

Federal judge blocks Trump's efforts to dismantle Voice of America radio service

The White House called the service, which has existed since 1942, 'The Voice of Radical America' and said Trump’s order would 'ensure that taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda.'

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