Npr s board of directors announced thursday that npr s chief executive officer, ken stern, is leaving by mutual agreement. Ultimately, we recognized that wasnt happening with bpp. Israel izzi smith signs on at npr in november as director of programming. Schiller will succeed kevin klose, who served as president for 10 years, and dennis l. Npr stated that open, distributed access to public radio content will result in much greater usage than if we require everyone to come to our portals dennis haarsager, 2008. It is located at the southern end of the fosen peninsula on the northern side of trondheimsfjorden. Anne fadiman, author of the wine lovers daughter dennis baron has spent years researching the quest for a genderneutral thirdperson singular pronoun in english. Book by former npr ceo expands on liberal groupthink at network by mike janssen, digital editor october 25, 2017. Jack turner this is terrible news, and im still trying to figure out what exactly is going on. Retirement means taking care of the 180acre heigh torr corrie moidart farm in northwestern loudoun county, virginia, home to about 100 acres of forest and pasture occupied by a flock of ten scottish highlands.
Npr interviews with top authors and the npr book tour, a weekly feature and podcast where leading authors read and discuss their writing. Npr names vivian schiller as president and ceo reuters. Insiders say that national public radio npr s ceo ken stern lost his job yesterday in a shockingly abrupt fashion. The fccs approval of the merger of sirius and xm undermines public radio and, in turn, the publics access to our services.
This is not a coup by luddite station ceos who want to stop or slow down effective responses to the very types of disruptive change weve been trying to strategically accommodate, writes npr interim ceo dennis haarsager, in a blog post attempting to explain why ken stern is no longer at the helm of national. Photo 500px digital photography school flickr andrew anna dennis julie rob fotki kodak photoshop express picasa quickthumbnail stock. Retired npr and public radio and television station executive, but working half time as president and executive director of the public television major market group. One unusual aspect of last weeks management change at national public radio is that the man who fired ceo ken stern and has replaced him an interim ceo, dennis haarsager, is a veteran blogger and. My sources say that board chair dennis haarsager simply walked into sterns. He will be replaced on an interim basis by dennis haarsager, the board. Npr grapples with the prospect of a postradio future. Npr s interim ceo, dennis haarsager, sent this post for our blog.
While npr, other public radio producers and public radio stations have had long and mutuallybeneficial relationships with both companies, this new monopoly wielding. With this, media convergence will come a new trend in consumption. Npr chief, in office since 2006, will depart the new. Hes resigning from his wsu position to assume the new post. Haarsagers joyless decision on bryant park current. The shortfall was driven in large part by the erosion of corporate underwriting, haarsager said. Meg wolitzer, charles frazier, jo nesbo, nafissa thompsonspires and james sexton. But now npr ceo ken stern will leave the organization by mutual agreement, the network said. Nprs corporate board has forced out its chief executive, ken stern. According to the blog of npr s interim ceo, someone on our staff asked whether we could continue the bryant park project as a website. This years list is a mix of literary fiction, true crime, memoirs and essays, from acclaimed authors as well as some brand new voices and you.
Designed by juan elosua, geoff hing, katie park and matthew zhang published dec. Within hours after naming general manager vivian schiller npr s next president and c. Boston properties buys npr headquarters washington. Find dennis haarsager in the united states intelius. Convergence refers to a process, but not an endpoint. You handed this story over to the press and you left your real board the public in the. Just because its noncommercial doesnt mean public radio doesnt have the same concerns about how to attract and retain listeners, and how to use rather than be run. His tenure has seen a boom in public radios audience and, just this week, selection of a new headquarters site for national public radio. The cutbacks, which come even as npr is reaching what it said is a nearrecord audience of 26. Dennis haarsager, npr interim chief executive officer, said choosing one company to handle both projects created an incentive to get. The official store for dennis prager lectures, courses, torah, and show content available on audio downloads, cds, books, dvd video, and other merchandise. At wsu, he oversaw the northwest public radio network, two public television stations and oncampus instructional technology services.
Nprs corporate board has forced out its chief executive after a little more than a year in the top job. Smith has worked as a pubmedia consultant for almost 15 years, helping to introduce and manage programs such as radiolab, prxs the moth radio. Stern declined to comment, but he said in a statement that he was proud of npr s work during his tenure. Summary judgment on books of note, from npr personalities, independent booksellers and critics from across the publicradio spectrum. According to npr as of december 2008 day to day was airing on 186 stations and attracting a weekly cumulative audience of 1. Join facebook to connect with dennis haarsager and others you may know. If youre interested in the current ruckus over pronouns, this is the book. If true, its apparent that npr definitely wasnt sparing anyone just because they had longevity. Nprs brings you news about books and authors along with our picks for great reads. The only impact to the local npr station is the loss of. Boston properties purchases npr building, plans new one. Mind, matter, and our search for meaning in an evolving unive. Haarsager is nprs senior vice president for system resources and technology. Companywide, npr is laying off 64 people and eliminating 21 other positions that are currently vacant.
Dennis haarsager stepped down as board chairman to serve as nprs interim ceo until a new one is picked. Times executive resigns to lead npr the new york times. For noncommercial media such as npr, sustaining a new program of this financial magnitude requires attracting users from each of the platforms we can access. Npr, citing a shortfall, cuts 64 workers the new york times. Dennis haarsager dennis haarsager, until recently an associate vice president and general manager of educational and public media at washington state. I suppose the meaning of ones name is not very important in the overall scheme of things, but it has been, to me, a matter of interest most of my life. Haarsager responds to tech bloggers angered by sterns. Thanks to everyone who has voiced support for the bryant park project on this blog and elsewhere. The job cuts will be across the board, and represent about 7 percent of npr s. Interim ceo dennis haarsager explains npr s decision to cancel bryant park project to fans who are lobbying to save the show. Produced by rose friedman, petra mayer, beth novey and meghan sullivan executive producer. Npr s budget cuts memo by kevin roderick december 10, 2008 12.
His predecessor in the job is eric nuzum, who was promoted to v. Dennis haarsager has 37 books on goodreads, and is currently reading until the end of time. Npr cancels day to day sacramento business journal. Stadsbygd pronounced stahsbygd in the local dialect is a rural community in s rtr ndelag south tr ndelag, central norway, comprising about 1,500 people. Haarsager wades into murky water as interim chief at npr. Npr to cut 64 jobs, shows portland business journal. Wsu vice president takes over as interim head at npr. Guests include doc searls, stephen hill and dennis haarsager, chairman of the board and now interim ceo of npr. Klose, haarsager will change roles when schiller comes to npr. Today the npr board of directors is announcing that ken stern will be leaving npr by mutual agreement. Vivian schiller, a vice president at the new york times who runs the newspapers web site, was named president and chief executive officer of national public radio on tuesday. Npr donates space to food bank washington business journal. Npr news will still have more than 800 employees on staff, including about 300 journalists.
Our old friend steve gillmor has published a great program about the state and future of npr. Ken sterns treatment of npr in republican like me goes beyond his recent oped that riled some in public media. Find out more about dennis haarsager by running a report. Dennis haarsager, npr s interim chief executive officer, said it was a pleasure to support the food bank during the economic downturn, when charities of. He said npr needs a media visionary of national stature. National public radio national,public radio a group of radio stations that broadcast to the whole country and are paid for by the people who listen to them as well as by government grants and company donations. He joined npr in 1999, but was only ceo for a little more than a year. On december 10, 2008, npr announced day to day would be canceled with its final episode to be broadcast on march 20, 2009. Nprs board of directors says that ken stern is leaving by mutual agreement. Produced by nicole cohen, rose friedman, petra mayer and glen weldon executive producer. Get contact details or run a confidential background check. I would suggest that npr and you should have announced this in your blogs and engaged in a conversation about this with your supporters not just your fans, of course, but the people who give you money. We found 3 instances of dennis haarsager in the united states.
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