Times Executive Resigns to Lead NPR
The new CEO of NPR will certainly change the face of public radio. Expect to see much more use of multimedia, personalization tools, blogs, and more social media on NPR.org.
From the New York Times:
Vivian Schiller, who heads the online operations of The New York Times, will leave the paper to become the president and chief executive of National Public Radio, the network announced on Tuesday.
Ms. Schiller, 47, will take over NPR on Jan. 5, heading a nonprofit corporation with a budget of more than $150 million and an endowment of more than $240 million. It provides news and entertainment programming to more than 800 public radio stations around the country and claims an audience of 26 million people.
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