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English By Jessica Jerreat Share on Facebook Print this page WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media stepped down Wednesday afternoon at the request of President Joe Biden shortly after Biden took office. Michael Pack served for just over seven tumultuous months as the first chief executive of the agency under new legislation giving him expanded powers over the networks. The former conservative documentary filmmaker’s tenure was marked with lawsuits, whistleblower complaints, a subpoena from Congress and court o...

Voice of America: USAGM Head Resigns Following Biden Request USAGM Head Resigns Following Biden Request  This article features our Senior Counsel David Seide and was originally published here. WASHINGTON – The head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media stepped down Wednesday afternoon at the request of President Joe Biden shortly after Biden took office. Michael Pack served for just over seven tumultuous months as the first chief executive of the agency under new legislation giving him expanded powers over the networks. The former conservative documentary filmmaker’s tenure was ma...

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 by: News Editors Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.afinalwarning.com/490167.html (Natural News) Signal — the privacy chat app favored by the world’s leading crypto experts — is trending again. In the wake of Twitter and Facebook’s MAGA Maidan Internet purge (which was followed by Facebook’s announcement that it was gonna start siphoning data off its WhatsApp property), Signal shot up to being the top downloaded messenger app on the planet. (Article by Yasha Levine republished from Yasha.Substack.com) The New York Times is writin...

Open Source Software Leader the Eclipse Foundation Officially Transitions to EU-based Governance Leading open source foundation forms AISBL based in Brussels to serve as its global base of operations January 14, 2021 01:00 ET | Source: Eclipse Foundation Canada Eclipse Foundation Canada Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, today announced the formal establishment of the Eclipse Foundation AISBL, an internationa...

The Voice of America building in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (CN) — The head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media illegally funneled millions from his nonprofit to a for-profit film company, the attorney general for the District of Columbia claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Michael Pack, appointed by President Donald Trump last year, formed the nonprofit Public Media Lab in 2007 and served as the organization’s president and chief executive officer until his nomination. Since 2008, according to the complaint, tax-exempt funds have flowed from PML to Manifold Productions, a film c...