Middle East Broadcasting Networks
Media Outlet·media·AI Enriched
Relationships:1
Events:0
Library:3
Confidence:
63%
Key Facts
Type
Media Outlet
Sector
media
Industry
Not specified
Status
Draft
Country
United States
Headquarters
Springfield, Virginia, United States
Founded
1/1/2004
Dissolved
Active
Also Known As
MBN
Tags
multimedia news outletMiddle East and North Africa focused
Overall Confidence
63%
Internal Notes
No notes
Key Information
Leadership
No leadership added
Positions
No positions added
Media Type
Television
Ownership
U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)
Audience Size
Not specified
Political Leaning
Center
About
Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. (MBN) is a non-profit organization funded by the United States Congress through grants from the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), an independent federal agency. It operates Alhurra, an Arabic-language television network providing news, analysis, and information about the Middle East, North Africa, the world, and the United States, and Radio Sawa, a radio service targeting similar audiences. MBN's mission emphasizes objective, accurate, and relevant journalism to promote undistorted communication from the U.S. to the Arab world and advance U.S. interests.
Key Relationships
Paul Salem
compensated
Paul Salem was CEO of MBN until 2012, drawing executive salary funded by U.S. congressional appropriations via the U.S. Agency for Global Media.