Cancelation of Political Rewind
| Submitted | June 23, 2023 |
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From: Brian Patrick Bannon
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
All emails, text messages and correspondence regarding the cancelation of Political Rewind with Bill Nigut and related programming changes at Georgia Public Broadcasting from May 1, 2023 to the present. This would include emails and text messages between employees and Commissioners (Brian Dill, Jerald Mitchell, Cecil Staton) of the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, also known as Georgia Public Broadcasting, employees of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (employees possessing email addresses that end in @ajc.com), Cox Media Group (@cmg.com or @coxmediagroup.com), and Cox Enterprises (@coxinc.com, @cox.com, and @coxenterprises.com), the Gov.'s office and any members of the state legislature including panelists on the show.
Also any correspondence with NPR, the NPR Board of Directors, NPR's Public Editor, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting over the cancelation.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Brian Patrick Bannon
From: Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
June 27, 2023
See attached letter in response to your open records request.
Thank you.
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Vice President of Human Resources
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From: Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
July 28, 2023
See attached new letter in response to your open records request.
Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 23, 2023. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on July 31, 2023. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
Resending email sent on Friday, July 28.
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From: Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
August 8, 2023
See attached new letter in response to your open records request.
Thank you.
From: Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
August 9, 2023
Good afternoon,
Attached are the documents available that are responsive to your request. We searched as broadly as possible for all emails, text messages and correspondence regarding the cancelation of Political Rewind with Bill Nigut and related programming changes at Georgia Public Broadcasting from May 1, 2023 to the present. This would include emails and text messages between employees and Commissioners (Brian Dill, Jerald Mitchell, Cecil Staton) of the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, also known as Georgia Public Broadcasting, employees of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (employees possessing email addresses that end in @ajc.com), Cox Media Group (@cmg.com<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcmg.com&c=E,1,t8h_5Hwzdnm6CJWebYll_OyBKhFS21CXs6_Cr4YpjuekN_ZhxH9hjVWpa-Chp24CuHN7yMhJ6LvFckIiUP5v7WQjuP4gSOmQjthIr7yu_2a931SXznCGYmxGDoXt&typo=1&ancr_add=1> or @coxmediagroup.com<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcoxmediagroup.com&c=E,1,ZSLUj5RJwKwi1_ZDSHfuL52dxsgR-81yTjjVJcJWQquRMVExFJAHj4Vry7Gorg6aIwT6BD8votqAd_ByCMkW6ytZrrLN1WB086F83kCPImp4REwQdP8q6vZwYI8,&typo=1&ancr_add=1>), and Cox Enterprises (@coxinc.com<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcoxinc.com&c=E,1,qFXfRkbohfwFX2t_fYSAXbqsqMF7EmLjTcZcyGfNBAdvun8QtQwsNfDOlfOl9xuEwatK39VPV5uYLhgbCHlhGCFtdyIPi4HE5AQKDx9VzVPXjHfyC6Nu34C8wQ,,&typo=1&ancr_add=1>, @cox.com, and @coxenterprises.com<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcoxenterprises.com&c=E,1,-gLMK7kWJ0dScYLCM5iCZrmxyV6_zyihCMjYSOczLjItDyl5_lqe6-6Lm7yZu8TzSBv2BVm5Sjv5NrLcoajclWsx0vCEMrYjolfW2FwhE98o6QEfGQ,,&typo=1&ancr_add=1>), the Gov.'s office and any members of the state legislature including panelists on the show. Also, any correspondence with NPR, the NPR Board of Directors, NPR's Public Editor, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting over the cancelation.
These are all the documents that are available. The fee associated with this request has been waived.
Thank you.
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