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Partner:: Paley Center for Media
Location:: Paley Center for Media
New York, NY
Event Date:: 04.05.11
Speaker:: Vivian Schiller
Tags:: npr; radio

Summary: A media executive and journalist with more than twenty years experience in the industry, Vivian Schiller was president and CEO of NPR from January 2009 to March 2011. She joined NPR from The New York Times Company where she served as senior vice president and general manager of NYTimes.com.

As president and CEO, Schiller oversaw all NPR operations and initiatives, including the organization's critical partnerships with its more than 800 member stations, and their service to the more than twenty-six million people who listen to NPR programming every week.

During her tenure at the New York Times, she led the day-to-day operations of NYTimes.com, the largest newspaper Web site on the internet, overseeing product, technology, marketing, classifieds, strategic planning, and business development.

Before joining NYTimes.com, Schiller spent four years as senior vice president and general manager of the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture of the New York Times and Discovery Communications. Under her leadership, Discovery Times Channel tripled its distribution while achieving critical acclaim for its award winning journalistic programming.

Previously, Schiller served as senior vice president of CNN Productions, where she led CNN's long-form programming efforts. Documentaries and series produced under her auspices earned multiple honors, including two Peabody Awards, two Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards, and five Emmys. Schiller began her career as a simultaneous Russian interpreter in the former Soviet Union, which led her to documentary production work for Turner Broadcasting.

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Vivian Schiller

Vivian Schiller is the chief digital officer of NBC News and former president and CEO of NPR. Under her leadership, NPR received the highest honors in excellence in journalism and garnered critical acclaim in the mobile and digital arena. Prior to joining NPR, Schiller served at The New York Times Company as senior vice president and general manager of NYTimes.com, leading day-to-day operations of the largest newspaper website on the Internet. Previously, Schiller spent four years as head of Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture between The New York Times and Discovery Communications. She also served as senior vice president of CNN Productions where she led its award-winning long-form programming unit. Schiller began her career as a simultaneous interpreter in the former Soviet Union.

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01.: Introduction

04 min 08 sec

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02.: Difficult Times for NPR

07 min 24 sec

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03.: Hidden Camera Sting Tactics

03 min 51 sec

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04.: Public Service Journalism

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05.: Paying for News

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06.: Speed Kills

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07.: No Pledge Drive for Subscribers

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08.: Structure of NPR

02 min 41 sec

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09.: Changes with Internet Radio

02 min 39 sec

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10.: Being the Subject of the Story

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11.: NPR on Satellite Radio

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12.: Reset Consumer Demand for Instant News

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13.: Websites Use Less Fact Checking and Editing

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Schiller: Could NPR Survive Without Federal Funding?

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National Public Radio (NPR): U.S. public radio network. It was established by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1970 to provide programming to U.S. noncommercial and educational radio stations. While initially providing programs on the arts, after 1983 the network focused largely on news programming. It features the daily programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as the interview programs Fresh Air and Talk of the Nation.; National Public Radio (NPR) on britannica.com

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Tommy Jefferson

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Posted: 04.09.11, 04:58 AM

If "public media" were funded by listeners, it would be Private media.

"Can government media survive without government funding"?

That's a rather silly question.

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