Dear Newsline Subscriber:

The weakening U.S. dollar is placing our company, which broadcasts in
28 languages to 21 countries, under enormous budgetary
pressure. Recently, I was faced with the difficult choice of scaling
back RFE/RL’s broadcasting efforts or making cuts to our research and
analysis capabilities. Because our core mandate is to broadcast
uncensored information to parts of the world where free and
independent media are fragile or nonexistent, I chose the latter.

As a result, I deeply regret that we are no longer able to produce
"RFE/RL Newsline." However, in the next few months, we will
be launching a newly designed English-language website ()
dedicated to translating and highlighting the best RFE/RL content from
our broadcast services.

The new site will feature more video, blogs, and interactive content
along with continued in-depth reporting from our broadcast
regions. Budget permitting we also hope to launch a headline service
in the near future and will keep you apprised of progress on this new
project.

I want to thank the many analysts and researchers whose excellent work
over the years made "RFE/RL Newsline" one of the most
influential and well-regarded reports from our broadcast regions.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Gedmin
President, RFE/RL, Inc.
Prague, Czech Republic