U.S. Global Media Agency to Lay Off Hundreds at VOA, RFA, and RFE/RL

The Guardian is reporting that more than 500 full-time employees at Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded broadcasters will soon be laid off. The U.S. Agency for Global Media announced that 532 federal positions are being cut, part of a larger restructuring effort that's already stirred up legal challenges and concerns about leadership changes [...]