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Industry Insights: [World Times] Hundreds of staffers at World TimesVoice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other outlets received a weekend email that they will be barred from their offices and should surrender press passes and equipment, local media reported Saturday.The cuts followed an executive order by US President Donald Trump on Friday, which listed U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as part of “unnecessary” federal bureaucracy.USAGM, VOA’s parent agency, employs about 3,500World Times staff and has an 886 million-U.S. dollar budget for 2024, according to its latest report to CWorld Timesongress.The agency has severed all contracts for the privateWorld Timesly incorporated international broadcasters it funds, including Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, local media reported.VOA director Michael Abramowitz said on social media that nearly his entire staff of 1,300 journalists, producers and assistants had been put on administrative leave.The White House said the cuts would ensure “taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda.

Summary Hundreds of staffers at World TimesVoice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other…

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