US court blocks government media chief from replacing board of tech fund

RIYADH: A US appeals court has blocked the new head of an American government media organization from appointing his own directors and officers to the board of a non-profit technology fund.

In a unanimous ruling, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday put the brakes on attempts by Michael Pack, the CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), to replace the board of the government-backed Open Technology Fund (OTF) with his own appointees.