{"id":12535,"date":"2015-03-03T19:04:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T23:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12535"},"modified":"2015-03-03T19:04:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T23:04:52","slug":"leaving-so-soon-the-bbg-may-lose-their-new-ceo-andy-lack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/leaving-so-soon-the-bbg-may-lose-their-new-ceo-andy-lack\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving so soon? The BBG may lose their new CEO, Andy Lack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12030\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AndrewLack-SwearingIn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12030\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12030\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AndrewLack-SwearingIn-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Shell, Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, congratulates Andy Lack after swearing him in as the first ever CEO of U.S. international media. (Image Source: BBG Press Release)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AndrewLack-SwearingIn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AndrewLack-SwearingIn.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Shell, Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, congratulates Andy Lack after swearing him in as the first ever CEO of U.S. international media. (Image Source: BBG Press Release)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to\u00a0Dan Robinson, who shared links to several\u00a0news stories that propose Andrew Lack may be leaving the CEO position of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to return to NBC.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clip from the Washington Post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Former NBC news president and former Bloomberg Media chairman Andy Lack, who was brought in to fix the perennially troubled U.S. international media operations, is leaving after just six weeks on the job.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0Lack is in negotiations with NBC News to return to a top job there, according to report Tuesday in Variety, the entertainment news publication, dashing the hopes of State Department and BBG officials who wanted the high-powered media executive to energize U.S. overseas media operations.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiations were spurred, Variety noted, by the crisis set off at NBC News by the Brian Williams debacle and suspension.<\/p>\n<p>So rather than right the ship at BBG \u2014 he had talked about growing the operation, not cutting it \u2014 Lack is apparently going off to right the other ship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/in-the-loop\/wp\/2015\/03\/03\/from-one-ship-to-another-andy-lack-leaving-bbg-to-go-back-to-nbc\/?wprss=rss_politics\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article on the Washington Post website.<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, this story was featured in the following news sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/in-the-loop\/wp\/2015\/03\/03\/from-one-ship-to-another-andy-lack-leaving-bbg-to-go-back-to-nbc\/?wprss=rss_politics\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/tv\/news\/nbc-news-shakeup-1201444723\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2015\/03\/03\/media\/nbc-news-executive-shakeup\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If Andy does make the move, we&#8217;ll post an update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to\u00a0Dan Robinson, who shared links to several\u00a0news stories that propose Andrew Lack may be leaving the CEO position of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to return to NBC. Here&#8217;s a clip from the Washington Post: Former NBC news president and former Bloomberg Media chairman Andy Lack, who was brought in to fix the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3],"tags":[3538,3612,406,936,2635,10],"class_list":["post-12535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-andrew-lack","tag-andy-lack","tag-bbg","tag-broadcasting-board-of-governors","tag-dan-robinson","tag-voa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3gb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/andrew-lack-sworn-in-as-ceo-of-the-broadcasting-board-of-governors\/","url_meta":{"origin":12535,"position":0},"title":"Andrew Lack sworn-in as CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors","author":"Thomas","date":"January 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Below, you'll find the full press release from the BBG regarding Andy Lack's appointment. At the end of the press release I've noted another article from the NY Times. (Source: BBG Press Release) WASHINGTON \u2013 Respected journalist and media executive Andrew Lack was sworn-in today as the Chief Executive Officer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jeff Shell, Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, congratulates Andy Lack after swearing him in as the first ever CEO of U.S. international media. 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Click here to read BBG Watch's full story.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BBG-Logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BBG-Logo-300x207.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12267,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/mother-jones-takes-a-look-at-new-bbg-ceo-andy-lack\/","url_meta":{"origin":12535,"position":2},"title":"Mother Jones takes a look at new BBG CEO Andy Lack","author":"Thomas","date":"February 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Mother Jones,\u00a0a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting, recently\u00a0published an article entitled,\u00a0\"Can the Guy Who Brought You \"Friends\" Win the Propaganda War Against ISIS and Putin?\" MJ Reporter, Jenna McLaughlin, takes a look at who Andrew Lack is and what he faces as he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"motherjones","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/motherjones-300x76.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22545,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/breaking-news-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-broadcasting-board-of-governors-bbg\/","url_meta":{"origin":12535,"position":3},"title":"Breaking News: Beginning of the end of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)","author":"Thomas","date":"December 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor\u00a0Dan Robinson--former White House, Congressional and foreign correspondent for the Voice of America--who alerts us to a major development at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Note that the BBG supervises the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, Radio y Television Marti, Radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"(Photo BBG)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BBG-Broadcasting-Board-of-Governors.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BBG-Broadcasting-Board-of-Governors.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BBG-Broadcasting-Board-of-Governors.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BBG-Broadcasting-Board-of-Governors.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23021,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/broadcasting-board-of-governors-reduced-to-advisory-status\/","url_meta":{"origin":12535,"position":4},"title":"Broadcasting Board of Governors reduced to advisory status","author":"Thomas","date":"December 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBG Watch via Dan Robinson) President Barack Obama has signed into law S. 2943, the \u201cNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017,\u201d which includes a provision to reduce the Broadcasting Board of Governors\u2019 (BBG) governing board to an advisory status while making the BBG CEO position subject to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14434,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/lansing-named-ceo-of-the-broadcasting-board-of-governors\/","url_meta":{"origin":12535,"position":5},"title":"Lansing Named CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Broadcasting Board of Governors Press Release) WASHINGTON \u2013 The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the independent federal government agency that oversees all U.S. civilian international media, today announced the appointment of John Lansing as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the BBG. 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