Are you afraid of the dark? Showtime has renewed its new Dark Net TV series for a second season, per Deadline. The season two renewal comes less than a week after the first season finale.
Showtime says Dark Net, "...explores the impact of technology on love, sex, power, children, our memories, our senses, our identities, and even our physical selves." Dark Net is created by Vocativ Founder Mati Kochavi. Danna Rabin, Vivian Schiller for Vocativ, and David Shadrack Smith for Part 2 Pictures are executive producers.
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Showtime says Dark Net, "...explores the impact of technology on love, sex, power, children, our memories, our senses, our identities, and even our physical selves." Dark Net is created by Vocativ Founder Mati Kochavi. Danna Rabin, Vivian Schiller for Vocativ, and David Shadrack Smith for Part 2 Pictures are executive producers.
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- 3/16/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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Showtime has released the first trailer for its upcoming Dark Net TV series. This eight-part documentary premieres Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 11:00pm Et/Pt.
Dark Net investigates the internet’s unregulated "deep web." Created by Vocativ founder, Mati Kochavi, Dark Net is executive produced by Danna Rabin and Vivian Schiller for Vocativ and David Shadrack Smith for Part2 Productions.
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Showtime has released the first trailer for its upcoming Dark Net TV series. This eight-part documentary premieres Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 11:00pm Et/Pt.
Dark Net investigates the internet’s unregulated "deep web." Created by Vocativ founder, Mati Kochavi, Dark Net is executive produced by Danna Rabin and Vivian Schiller for Vocativ and David Shadrack Smith for Part2 Productions.
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- 1/14/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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Showtime's new docu-series, Dark Net, debuts Thursday, January 21, 2016, at 11:00pm, Et/Pt. In advance of the Dark Net TV series premiere, Showtime has released a Dark Net season one teaser; watch below.
Per Showtime, Dark Net, "...explores the impact of technology on love, sex, power, children, our memories, our senses, our identities, and even our physical selves." Dark Net is created by Vocativ Founder Mati Kochavi and is executive produced by Danna Rabin, Vivian Schiller for Vocativ, and David Shadrack Smith for Part 2 Pictures.
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Showtime's new docu-series, Dark Net, debuts Thursday, January 21, 2016, at 11:00pm, Et/Pt. In advance of the Dark Net TV series premiere, Showtime has released a Dark Net season one teaser; watch below.
Per Showtime, Dark Net, "...explores the impact of technology on love, sex, power, children, our memories, our senses, our identities, and even our physical selves." Dark Net is created by Vocativ Founder Mati Kochavi and is executive produced by Danna Rabin, Vivian Schiller for Vocativ, and David Shadrack Smith for Part 2 Pictures.
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- 12/21/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Twitter's News chief Vivian Schiller is leaving the social media company, she tweeted on Wednesday. Schiller, who has worked at The New York Times, MSN, CNN, NBC News, News Corp and AOL ,was brought in to shore up Twitter's media division. She ended up in the role for less than a year. In a series of posts, Schiller tweeted that the move is to allow new media chief Katie Stanton to ”reorganize as she sees fit.” The outgoing head of Twitter's News division then thanked former Twitter COO Ali Rowghani and Twitter's former head of North American media, Chloe Sladden — both who have left the.
- 10/9/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Less than a year after taking the reins as Twitter's head of news, former NPR and NBC News exec Vivian Schiller has exited the company, she announced in a series of tweets on Wednesday in which she described her time at the social network as "a fascinating experience." Adam Sharp, Twitter's head of government and elections, will move into a role that oversees both politics and news, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. According to Schiller, her departure is part of a reorganization of Twitter's media department, following the June departure of North American media head Chloe Sladden. Twitter announced
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- 10/8/2014
- by Natalie Jarvey, Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jarl Mohn, chairman of Southern California Public Radio, has been tapped as the new president and CEO of NPR, the non-profit's board of directors announced Friday. The philanthropist and media industry veteran will take over for Paul G. Haaga Jr., who'd been the interim chief executive officer and president since last year. Mohn becomes the fourth CEO for the company since January 2009. Gary Knell resigned last August after just 21 months in the job. Vivian Schiller resigned in 2011 after a series of controversies. Also read: NPR to Cut Staff by 10 Percent to Cover $6M Deficit “We are delighted to...
- 5/9/2014
- by James Crugnale
- The Wrap
Jarl Mohn is a surprise choice to run an institution largely known for news — but well known in media as a guy who likes to shake things up. That includes his name: he changed it years ago when he was already well known as Lee Masters. The one time NYC disc jockey became an exec at MTV and VH1 when they were considered cutting edge. He later took leadership roles at Liberty Digital and E! Entertainment Television, served on the boards of CNET, Xm Satellite Radio, and E.W. Scripps and was chairman of Southern California Public Radio. ”This is not a job for me,” he says. “It is a mission. I love public radio and NPR. It is a national treasure and more important now than ever.” But NPR has had a hard time keeping CEOs. In August Gary Knell left after 21 months on the job to run National Geographic Society.
- 5/9/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
Twitter has been slapped with a $124 million lawsuit by a pair of companies claiming that they were contracted to help sell shares in the company under false pretenses. In the suit, filed in U.S. district court in New York on Monday, Arizona-based Precedo Capital, which provides broker dealer and financial services, and Luxembourgh-based financial consulting and advisory firm Continental Advisers said they reached an agreement with Gsv Asset to help sell Twitter shares owned by employees, contractors or early-stage Twitter shareholders. Also read: NBC News Exec Vivian Schiller Joins Twitter as Head of News According to the complaint, the companies went.
- 10/30/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
“Excited to join @Twitter as Head of News in January. Leaving @NBCNews at year’s end. Grateful to my beloved colleagues for 2+ great years,” NBC News’ Chief Digital Officer of Vivian Schiller tweeted today, ending weeks of reports she’d been tapped for the gig. That puts her start date after Twitter begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as soon as November 7. It’s a new post for the social media behemoth and one in which she will work to further develop partnerships with old-school news-gathering outfits — like broadcast and cable TV news operations, newspapers, NPR, etc. The San Francisco-based giant had been looking for someone who could be its liaison with news gathering operations. Schilller’s solid resume includes stints at The New York Times, NPR, CNN, NBCU, and Discovery, though she resigned from NPR last March after a couple of embarrassing incidents, including the release of...
- 10/24/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
NBC News Svp and chief digital officer Vivian Schiller announced on Thursday that she will be leaving the network to join Twitter in the newly-created head of news position. “Excited to join @Twitter as Head of News in January,” Schiller tweeted. “Leaving @NBCNews at year’s end. Grateful to my beloved colleagues for 2+ great years.” Also read: BBC Global News to Become Twitter Amplify’s First Global News Broadcaster “We’re thrilled to announce @VivianSchiller is joining the team as Twitter’s new Head of News Partnerships,” was the word from the TwitterForNews account. “She starts in January!” In her new position,...
- 10/24/2013
- by Sara Morrison
- The Wrap
NBC News chief digital officer Vivian Schiller will be joining Twitter as head of news, the social media company announced Thursday. In preparation for Twitter's Ipo, the company had been searching for an executive to develop news partnerships with media organizations. The executive joined NBC News in 2011, months after resigning as the CEO of NPR. At the network, she oversaw the development of the digital properties of NBC News and MSNBC. During her time at NBC, the network ended its partnership with Microsoft and the websites for NBC News and MSNBC were separated. In the last
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- 10/24/2013
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The company is offering staffers a voluntary buyout as part of a new two-year plan to eliminate an operating cash deficit now expected to hit $6.1M next year it said today. NPR hopes to reduce about 10% of its roughly 840 employees as it approaches 2014 with expenses of $183M and operating and investment revenues of $178.1M. The radio programmer tucked the news into an announcement today that directors named their finance committee chair Paul Haaga to be the acting CEO beginning at the end of this month, replacing Gary Knell who’s leaving to run the National Geographic Society. A committee on NPR’s board will continue to look for a permanent CEO. While on the subject: The Washington Post reports that a new tax filing shows NPR paid former CEO Vivian Schiller $532,212 in severance, $99,671 in salary, and a $5,712 bonus for her 26-month stint which ended in early 2011 after two embarrassing events.
- 9/13/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
The changeover at the National Geographic Society and NPR continue. NPR CEO Gary Knell today was announced as president and CEO of Nat Geo Society, leaving NPR after 21 months on the job. At Ngs, Knell replaces John M. Fahey, who had been CEO since 1998, adding a chairman title in 2011. Fahey will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Knell will transition to the new position in the fall. Fahey has been shaking up the upper ranks at the 124-year-old nonprofit scientific and educational institution over the past couple of years in an effort to bring it faster into the digital age as well as modernize its TV operations and expand production capabilities. Ngs president Tim Kelly left at the end of last year, while Brooke Runnette replaced Maryanne Culpepper as president of National Geographic Television. Meanwhile, Knell’s departure from NPR extends the revolving door at the top of the embattled public radio network.
- 8/19/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
NBC News announced Monday the purchase of Stringwire, a web service that live-streams cell phone video. The move is a bet that streaming live phone video will be the next trend in covering breaking news. The acquisition also brought creator Phil Groman to NBC. "Stringwire is at the leading edge of user-generated video products, with immediate value to our on-air and digital businesses. Long-term, we think there is great commercial potential" said Vivian Schiller, senior vice president and chief digital officer at NBC News. "Phil is an incredibly talented developer and inventor...
- 8/12/2013
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
NBC News Digital houses NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, Today.com, TheGrio.com, NBCLatino.com and NBCPolitics.com among other properties. It has been building out new partnerships with other NBCUniversal divisions like CNBC and parent company Comcast’s Xfinity after NBCUniversal acquired full ownership of its digital networks from MSN back in July, ending a 16-year tie-up. Now iVillage, an online community for women, will be joining its portfolio to sync better with like-minded sites like Today.com, create more high-value sales opportunities for clients, collaborate with the network’s on-air programs, and tap into the resources and technology of NBC News. With the iVillage network, NBC News Digital is estimated to reach an average of more than 62 million unique users a month. iVillage will be overseen by Vivian Schiller, Svp & Chief Digital Officer at NBC News, who leads NBC News Digital. IVillage was housed at the Digital Networks group run by Lauren Zalaznick.
- 11/15/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Gary Knell is about to find out it's a lot easier to stick up for Bert and Ernie than "All Things Considered." National Public Radio’s new president and CEO takes the helm of a news organization under increasing attack from conservatives for its perceived liberal bias and still reeling from a brouhaha that forced out his predecessor, Vivian Schiller. The mounting national deficit and a series of high-profile scandals have emboldened Congressional Republicans to try to strip NPR, long a piñata for the right, of millions in federal backing. Even Knell, 57, the former...
- 10/4/2011
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
NPR has named former Sesame Workshop chief Gary Knell its new president and CEO, replacing the controversial Vivian Schiller, the public broadcaster announced Sunday. Schiller was pushed out in March, when an underling was caught in a video sting criticizing the Tea Party and Republicans. Knell is a public broadcasting veteran, having served as CEO of "Sesame Stree" producer Sesame Workshop since 2000. He is credited for expanding the global reach of the "Sesame Street" childrens brand, notably establishing co-production ventures in South Africa, India, Northern Ireland and Egypt. Also read: NPR CEO Vivian Schiller...
- 10/2/2011
- by Daniel Frankel
- The Wrap
Yesterday, we told you about rumors that Vivian Schiller, the former CEO of NPR, was in talks with NBC to lead digital efforts at the network. Today, those rumors have been confirmed. Schillr joins NBC News as its new chief digital officer, meaning she's charged with overseeing digital strategy for for NBC News and MSNBC, as well as for properties like EducationNation.com and theGrio.com. (So much for concerns over leanings, amiright?)...
- 6/2/2011
- by Alex Alvarez
- Mediaite - TV
Vivian Schiller, the former president and CEO of National Public Radio, will join NBC News as the head of digital projects, the company announced on Thursday morning. In March, Schiller was ousted from her NPR post by its board of directors after another NPR executive was caught in a hidden camera video slamming Republicans and the Tea Party. Also read: NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Ousted in Wake of Video Sting Scandal Schiller has the credentials for the NBC gig, as she used to run the New York Times' web site. The video that led...
- 6/2/2011
- The Wrap
You may remember Vivian Schiller, the former CEO of NPR, from her role in the media storm surrounding a sting video, created and edited by James O'Keefe, showing NPR executive Ron Schiller (no relation) making disparaging comments about Republicans and the Tea Party movement. Shortly after announcing her departure, Schiller vowed to return to media, saying she planned to remain in journalism. She's made good on that promise: Schiller is currently in talks with NBC News, where she will oversee digital projects.
- 6/1/2011
- by Alex Alvarez
- Mediaite - TV
James O'Keefe is the provocative "film maker" who can successfully list Acorn and Vivian Schiller's career at NPR as toppled targets. However, his technique of filming his subjects with hidden camera and editing out important context have received fairly harsh criticism from reasonable people on both the left and the right. Somewhere in the last few weeks or months, O'Keefe and his friends must have gotten together and brainstormed for the proper response to all of the criticism directed his way, and came up with the following: a cheesy music video that fails a both earnest entertainment and ironic pastiche, but is unintentionally hilarious to watch!
- 4/19/2011
- by Colby Hall
- Mediaite - TV
Ex-npr CEO Vivian Schiller has made her first public remarks since her ouster, telling the International Women's Media Foundation in Washington D.C. that she's "not done" with a career in media. "I certainly plan to stay in journalism." Schiller resigned this month in the messy aftermath of a video "sting operation" conducted by James O'Keefe, which caught two NPR executives on hidden camera making critical comments about the Tea Party.
- 3/25/2011
- by Mark Joyella
- Mediaite - TV
Ousted National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller broke her silence over her tumultuous exit at the International Women's Media Foundation in Washington, D.C., this week. The former NPR chief told moderator Susan King that despite the backlash, she isn't ready to abandon the media business. "I’m not done. I certainly plan to stay in journalism. I feel too pasionate about it, and so yes, I will be back in some position at some point in the not too distant future,” Schiller said. Article continues below video: Schiller resigned earlier this month after a video...
- 3/25/2011
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Filed under: Features
Sickle me, Elmo.
There's an air of doom at both PBS and NPR this week amid the current PR disaster over comments NPR's fundraising chief made during a video sting by conservative political activists. The result could mean the end of government funding for public broadcasting.
During a lunch meeting with activists posing as wealthy radical Muslims pretending to offer a $5 million grant to the public radio network, the impostors secretly filmed NPR's Ron Schiller making disparaging comments about Republicans and Tea Partiers. But even more damning may have been Ron Schiller's filmed remark that NPR doesn't really need federal funding and might even be better off without it.
NPR brass quickly disavowed Schiller's comments and booted him out the door (NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, no relation, was forced out as well), but the remarks seemed to validate the vote House Republicans made last month to cut...
Sickle me, Elmo.
There's an air of doom at both PBS and NPR this week amid the current PR disaster over comments NPR's fundraising chief made during a video sting by conservative political activists. The result could mean the end of government funding for public broadcasting.
During a lunch meeting with activists posing as wealthy radical Muslims pretending to offer a $5 million grant to the public radio network, the impostors secretly filmed NPR's Ron Schiller making disparaging comments about Republicans and Tea Partiers. But even more damning may have been Ron Schiller's filmed remark that NPR doesn't really need federal funding and might even be better off without it.
NPR brass quickly disavowed Schiller's comments and booted him out the door (NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, no relation, was forced out as well), but the remarks seemed to validate the vote House Republicans made last month to cut...
- 3/11/2011
- by Gary Susman
- Aol TV.
The former Morning Edition host rips the network's videotaped debacle, executive blunders, and Juan Williams fiasco-but defends its federal funding. Plus, Howard Kurtz on yet another NPR sting.
After three decades at National Public Radio, Bob Edwards views the turmoil at his former employer with a mixture of amazement and disgust.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The New Gop Warmongers
For all his complaints, Edwards says he fervently believes that NPR should continue to receive federal support in the wake of the House vote to eliminate its government subsidy and that of PBS.
"It seems cursed, doesn't it?" he says in an interview. "It's one thing after another." Likening the network to "that Al Capp character who walked around with a cloud over his head," Edwards says it has been "seriously damaged" by the mistakes that led to a high-level shakeup this week.
While this might seem like sour...
After three decades at National Public Radio, Bob Edwards views the turmoil at his former employer with a mixture of amazement and disgust.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The New Gop Warmongers
For all his complaints, Edwards says he fervently believes that NPR should continue to receive federal support in the wake of the House vote to eliminate its government subsidy and that of PBS.
"It seems cursed, doesn't it?" he says in an interview. "It's one thing after another." Likening the network to "that Al Capp character who walked around with a cloud over his head," Edwards says it has been "seriously damaged" by the mistakes that led to a high-level shakeup this week.
While this might seem like sour...
- 3/11/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
A new, second secret recording reveals a supposed donor being coached on avoiding an audit. Howard Kurtz on yet another NPR executive suspension.
Just when it seemed that National Public Radio had weathered the worst comes another storm, another setback, another suspension.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Over $100,000 in Donations, and More
Two days after forcing out its chief executive over an undercover sting that embarrassed the network, NPR put another top executive on leave Thursday following the release of a second surreptitious recording by conservative activist James O'Keefe.
In that audiotape, Betsy Liley, NPR's director of institutional giving, is heard advising a man posing as a wealthy Muslim donor on how the network could help "shield" his group from a government audit if it accepted the $5 million he was offering.
NPR spokeswoman Dana Davis Rehm said in a statement that Liley's comments on the tape "regarding the possibility...
Just when it seemed that National Public Radio had weathered the worst comes another storm, another setback, another suspension.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Over $100,000 in Donations, and More
Two days after forcing out its chief executive over an undercover sting that embarrassed the network, NPR put another top executive on leave Thursday following the release of a second surreptitious recording by conservative activist James O'Keefe.
In that audiotape, Betsy Liley, NPR's director of institutional giving, is heard advising a man posing as a wealthy Muslim donor on how the network could help "shield" his group from a government audit if it accepted the $5 million he was offering.
NPR spokeswoman Dana Davis Rehm said in a statement that Liley's comments on the tape "regarding the possibility...
- 3/11/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
By now, many have heard about the undercover video of NPR's outgoing Senior Vice President for Development Ron Schiller railing against Tea Partiers and how NPR would be better off without public funding. But what most don't know is that the comments, particularly the funding talk, theaten to derail a new social media campaign NPR was planning to launch--one aimed at saving the very government funding Schiller said NPR could do without.
Before the somewhat manufactured scandal, Fast Company had learned that NPR was about to ramp up a sophisticated social media strategy to rally its politically savvy audience--a plan that included enlisting many of its nearly 800 local member stations. The new scheme was a second phase, coming roughly three months after NPR joined on as one of the partners in a national Facebook campaign spearheaded by American Public Media and the Association of Public Television Stations called "170 Million Americans...
Before the somewhat manufactured scandal, Fast Company had learned that NPR was about to ramp up a sophisticated social media strategy to rally its politically savvy audience--a plan that included enlisting many of its nearly 800 local member stations. The new scheme was a second phase, coming roughly three months after NPR joined on as one of the partners in a national Facebook campaign spearheaded by American Public Media and the Association of Public Television Stations called "170 Million Americans...
- 3/10/2011
- by Gregory Ferenstein
- Fast Company
Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has his eyes not only on the prize, but on the bottom line.
"African American Lives" and many of the writer, critic and Harvard scholar's other documentaries have been funded at least in part by PBS, including his latest: the self-descriptive "Black in Latin America,'' which begins a run over four consecutive Tuesdays on April 19.
Gates is well aware that public broadcasting is facing the possible loss of the U.S. government's financial support. A new factor is the resignation Wednesday (March 9) by National Public Radio president and CEO Vivian Schiller over another just-resigned NPR executive's video-captured bashing of the political Tea Party.
"I can't imagine that any self-respecting senator or member of the House of Representatives would actually cut, or attempt to eliminate, the funding of one of our truly great national resources ... public broadcasting," Gates tells Zap2it. "It's just unheard of.
"African American Lives" and many of the writer, critic and Harvard scholar's other documentaries have been funded at least in part by PBS, including his latest: the self-descriptive "Black in Latin America,'' which begins a run over four consecutive Tuesdays on April 19.
Gates is well aware that public broadcasting is facing the possible loss of the U.S. government's financial support. A new factor is the resignation Wednesday (March 9) by National Public Radio president and CEO Vivian Schiller over another just-resigned NPR executive's video-captured bashing of the political Tea Party.
"I can't imagine that any self-respecting senator or member of the House of Representatives would actually cut, or attempt to eliminate, the funding of one of our truly great national resources ... public broadcasting," Gates tells Zap2it. "It's just unheard of.
- 3/10/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
NPR's federal funding is at risk and CEO Vivian Schiller is out after conservative activist James O'Keefe caught an NPR executive on camera railing against the Tea Party-but O'Keefe tells Howard Kurtz he's not pursuing a right-wing agenda.
On Monday, Vivian Schiller took the podium at the National Press Club to passionately defend the mission of National Public Radio, even as she acknowledged her own management mistakes.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Maine's Tea Party Governor Paul LePage to NAACP: 'Kiss My Butt'
By Wednesday morning, she had been forced out, courtesy of James O'Keefe, the man who famously dressed up as a pimp in an undercover sting against Acorn. The conservative activist had faded from the news, nine months after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for entering Sen. Mary Landrieu's office under false pretenses.
Most of the coverage has ignored the deception involved in O'Keefe's latest scheme,...
On Monday, Vivian Schiller took the podium at the National Press Club to passionately defend the mission of National Public Radio, even as she acknowledged her own management mistakes.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Maine's Tea Party Governor Paul LePage to NAACP: 'Kiss My Butt'
By Wednesday morning, she had been forced out, courtesy of James O'Keefe, the man who famously dressed up as a pimp in an undercover sting against Acorn. The conservative activist had faded from the news, nine months after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for entering Sen. Mary Landrieu's office under false pretenses.
Most of the coverage has ignored the deception involved in O'Keefe's latest scheme,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
New York, New York (X17online) -New York - NPR announced Wednesday president and CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned after last Tuesday night, when NPR fundraising executive Ron Schiller was caught on videotape bashing the Tea Party and Republican Party. While Schiller is not related to her, this comes after the fall firing of political analyst Juan Williams for incendiary remarks and NPR's CEO was criticized for the handling of that issue. NPR chairman Dave Edwards said in a statement posted on a blog on the Web site: "It is with deep regret that I tell you that the NPR board of directors has accepted the resignation of Vivian Schiller as president and CEO of NPR, effective immediately. The board accepted her resignation with understanding, genuine regret, and great respect for her leadership of NPR these past two years."...
- 3/9/2011
- x17online.com
NPR's ouster of Vivian Schiller, its CEO, on Wednesday in the wake of a video sting that caught another NPR executive (Ron Schiller, no relation) slamming Republicans and the Tea Party was carried out with the hope that it might quiet calls from conservatives who want NPR defunded. "I'm hopeful that my departure from NPR will have the intended effect of easing the defunding pressure on public broadcasting," Vivian Schiller said in a statement to the New York Times. “I did not want to leave NPR,” she told the AP. "But it...
- 3/9/2011
- by Dylan Stableford
- The Wrap
Barely two years after she arrived, Vivian Schiller has resigned from her post as CEO of NPR. David Folkenflik, NPR's own media reporter, has gone on record as saying she was "forced out" due to a series of political dustups: first the firing of conservative commentator Juan Williams, and most recently some anti-Tea Party (and funding) comments by Ron Schiller (no relation), then a fundraiser for NPR, caught on tape.
What we're looking at, at least in the latter case, is a new kind of political dirty trick: the Acorn-ing or Planned Parenthood-ing, this time of a major news organization. In all three cases, conservative activists concocted video stings featuring outlandish characters--pimps, in the case of Planned Parenthood and Acorn, and in the case of NPR, members of the Muslim Brotherhood--to manufacture scandals out of thin air. Anyone who's watched Borat knows that people sometimes have regrettable reactions when presented...
What we're looking at, at least in the latter case, is a new kind of political dirty trick: the Acorn-ing or Planned Parenthood-ing, this time of a major news organization. In all three cases, conservative activists concocted video stings featuring outlandish characters--pimps, in the case of Planned Parenthood and Acorn, and in the case of NPR, members of the Muslim Brotherhood--to manufacture scandals out of thin air. Anyone who's watched Borat knows that people sometimes have regrettable reactions when presented...
- 3/9/2011
- by Anya Kamenetz
- Fast Company
NPR is embroiled in yet another scandal as pressure from conservatives mounts to de-fund the public radio broadcaster. NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned this morning as a fallout of conservative activist James O'Keefe posting a hidden-camera video of senior NPR executive Tom Schiller (no relation) bashing the tea party movement as "racist" and "xenophobic" and saying that NPR would be better off without federal funding. (Tom Schiller resigned after his statements were made public. On Wednesday, he also pulled out of what was to be his next job, at the nonprofit Aspen Institute, citing the controversy.) Last year, Vivian Schiller came under fire for the dismissal of longtime analyst Juan Williams over his comments on Fox News Channel that he feels uncomfortable when he sees people in Muslim garb on planes. "The Board accepted (Schiller's) resignation with understanding, genuine regret, and great respect for her leadership of NPR these past two years,...
- 3/9/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller has been ousted by NPR's board of directors a day after another NPR executive was caught in a hidden camera video slamming Republicans and the Tea Party -- and less than six months after her mishandling of the firing of Juan Williams. NPR chairman Dave Edwards released a statement on Wednesday, saying it accepted Schiller's resignation. Joyce Slocum, NPR's Svp of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, has been named interim CEO while the board searches for Schiller's replacement. The video -- featuring Ron Schiller (no relation...
- 3/9/2011
- by Dylan Stableford
- The Wrap
More trouble for NPR.
A few months after analyst Juan Williams was fired for making incendiary remarks, an executive has been caught on tape calling Tea Partiers 'racist,' according to The New York Times. (Listen to an edited version on The Daily Caller, and an unedited version at TheProjectVeritas.com.)
Schiller is in charge of soliciting non-federal funding for the radio syndicator, which is currently defending itself against Congressional Republicans who believe NPR is biased and are trying to cut federal funding for local stations.
On the tape, Schiller tells people posing as Muslim philanthropists that the Republican party has been "hijacked" by the Tea Party, which he says is made up of "seriously racist, racist people." Schiller notes that's his personal point of view, not that of NPR's. (At one point, he says, "Now I’ll talk personally as opposed to wearing my NPR hat" and another time,...
A few months after analyst Juan Williams was fired for making incendiary remarks, an executive has been caught on tape calling Tea Partiers 'racist,' according to The New York Times. (Listen to an edited version on The Daily Caller, and an unedited version at TheProjectVeritas.com.)
Schiller is in charge of soliciting non-federal funding for the radio syndicator, which is currently defending itself against Congressional Republicans who believe NPR is biased and are trying to cut federal funding for local stations.
On the tape, Schiller tells people posing as Muslim philanthropists that the Republican party has been "hijacked" by the Tea Party, which he says is made up of "seriously racist, racist people." Schiller notes that's his personal point of view, not that of NPR's. (At one point, he says, "Now I’ll talk personally as opposed to wearing my NPR hat" and another time,...
There's a lot of harrumphing around the blogosphere about the New York Times' decision to again put up paywalls for digital access (the last attempt, TimesSelect, was shuttered in 2007). People are gaming out the angles: Have they chosen the right price points at as much as $20 a month? Why the different prices for the iPad app vs. website access vs. print subscriptions?
But the whole approach is wrong-headed. With its large, affluent, reasonably liberal and guilt-ridden audience, the Times would have more monetary success and more brand success with an NPR-like pay-what-you-will membership model with free events, tote bags, and other goodies thrown in. Membership dues are a significant source of revenue for NPR--43% of the budget in 2009.
Why does it make sense to charge only 15% of "power users," as the Times says this new subscription model will? Readers of all stripes feel good about associating with the Times--just look...
But the whole approach is wrong-headed. With its large, affluent, reasonably liberal and guilt-ridden audience, the Times would have more monetary success and more brand success with an NPR-like pay-what-you-will membership model with free events, tote bags, and other goodies thrown in. Membership dues are a significant source of revenue for NPR--43% of the budget in 2009.
Why does it make sense to charge only 15% of "power users," as the Times says this new subscription model will? Readers of all stripes feel good about associating with the Times--just look...
- 1/25/2011
- by Anya Kamenetz
- Fast Company
Williams told Fox News that the executive who fired him last year "represented a very ingrown, incestuous culture" at NPR that was not open to different perspectives.
Weiss, NPR's senior vp news, resigned after an independent review that looked into the circumstances around Williams' firing expressed "concerns regarding the speed and handling of the termination process."
Williams was fired in October after making remarks about Muslims on Fox News, where he also served as a correspondent. (He went on to sign a new multiyear deal with Fox shortly after his termination.) He told Bill O'Reilly, "I'm not a bigot …. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."
On Thursday, Williams said about Weiss: "She felt there was...
Weiss, NPR's senior vp news, resigned after an independent review that looked into the circumstances around Williams' firing expressed "concerns regarding the speed and handling of the termination process."
Williams was fired in October after making remarks about Muslims on Fox News, where he also served as a correspondent. (He went on to sign a new multiyear deal with Fox shortly after his termination.) He told Bill O'Reilly, "I'm not a bigot …. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."
On Thursday, Williams said about Weiss: "She felt there was...
Update: On Fox News' America Live, Juan Williams reacted to the resignation of NPR's Ellen Weiss, the executive who fired him, and discussed the future of NPR. He didn't have many nice things to say (video below): Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Previous: The NPR Board of Directors today released the findings of its review into the circumstances leading to the October firing of news analyst Juan Williams over remarks about Muslims he had made on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. (Williams has since signed a new deal with Fox News.) The board recommends new "internal procedures concerning personnel and on air-talent decisions" and "appropriate disciplinary action with respect to certain management employees involved in the termination." But here is the most interesting part: - Williams' contract was terminated in accordance with its terms. The contract gave both parties the right to terminate on 30 days’ notice for any reason.
- 1/6/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Ellen Weiss, the executive who fired Juan Williams last year, has stepped down as senior vice president for news at NPR, the station announced Thursday.
CEO Vivian Schiller will retain her position, but will forgo her 2010 bonus because of "concern over her role in the termination process." Margaret Low Smith, the current vice president for programming, will step in as acting senior vice president for news until Weiss' replacement is name, Schiller wrote in a letter to staff. (Read the entire memo after the jump). Eric Nuzum will oversee the programming division in the interim. Williams was fired in October after making remarks about Muslims on Fox News, where he also served as a correspondent. (He went on to sign a new multi-year deal with Fox shortly after his termination.) He told Bill O'Reilly, "I'm not a bigot…. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you,...
CEO Vivian Schiller will retain her position, but will forgo her 2010 bonus because of "concern over her role in the termination process." Margaret Low Smith, the current vice president for programming, will step in as acting senior vice president for news until Weiss' replacement is name, Schiller wrote in a letter to staff. (Read the entire memo after the jump). Eric Nuzum will oversee the programming division in the interim. Williams was fired in October after making remarks about Muslims on Fox News, where he also served as a correspondent. (He went on to sign a new multi-year deal with Fox shortly after his termination.) He told Bill O'Reilly, "I'm not a bigot…. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you,...
The high-pitched pundits of Fox News Channel have had their sites aimed at NPR nonstop since the radio network sacked analyst Juan Williams last week for likening all Muslims to terrorists. They've not only tried to turn Williams into some kind of media martyr (though it's hard to feel too sorry for a guy who was unemployed for about 20 minutes before signing a $2 million deal with Fox) but have gone so far as to stalk NPR President Vivian Schiller on the streets of D.C. The Williams' hullabaloo has dominated the headlines, but Fox News and its Republican allies are hunting much larger game: Big Bird. Sarah Palin, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Newt Gingrich and Megyn Kelly, among others, have taken to the air calling on Congress to wholly defund public broadcasting. They don't just want to silence NPR, but...
- 10/26/2010
- by Timothy Karr
- Huffington Post
Last night Jon Stewart returned from a week off the air to rundown the biggest news from the world of opiniotainment from last week: NPR's firing of Juan Williams for what many haved deemed as a rather frank opinion. But correspondent Samantha Bee claims that, in the eyes of NPR, his real sin was "saying something interesting." The heart of the segment was Stewart's recounting of the battle between NPR and Fox News, including Vivian Schiller's unfortunate "pyschologist" gaffe and Fnc's lionization of Williams.
- 10/26/2010
- by Colby Hall
- Mediaite - TV
National Public Radio chief Vivian Schiller is standing by the organization's dismissal of senior news analyst Juan Williams. Williams was ousted Wednesday night following an appearance on The O’Reilly Factor in which he said he gets nervous when seeing people in Muslim garb on airplanes.
Schiller, NPR's president and CEO, told The New York Times that Williams was fired because "he had several times in the past violated our news code of ethics with things that he had said on other people's air." NPR states in the "outside work, freelancing, speaking engagements" section of its ethics code: "In appearing on TV or other media including electronic Web-based forums, NPR journalists should not express views they would not air in their role as an NPR journalist."
Williams was warned about his transgressions after each instance that he failed to comply with company code, according to Schiller, who added, "at a certain point,...
Schiller, NPR's president and CEO, told The New York Times that Williams was fired because "he had several times in the past violated our news code of ethics with things that he had said on other people's air." NPR states in the "outside work, freelancing, speaking engagements" section of its ethics code: "In appearing on TV or other media including electronic Web-based forums, NPR journalists should not express views they would not air in their role as an NPR journalist."
Williams was warned about his transgressions after each instance that he failed to comply with company code, according to Schiller, who added, "at a certain point,...
- 10/23/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you work at NPR and were hoping to attend the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rallies on Washington, D.C. on Oct. 30, some bad news. According to an e-mail thread obtained by Poynter, all NPR staff members are forbidden from participating in the event. "
lease think twice about the message you may be sending about our objectivity before you attend a rally or post a bumper sticker or yard sign," wrote NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller. "We are all NPR." Ich bin ein Berliner, right guys? [Poynter]...
lease think twice about the message you may be sending about our objectivity before you attend a rally or post a bumper sticker or yard sign," wrote NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller. "We are all NPR." Ich bin ein Berliner, right guys? [Poynter]...
- 10/13/2010
- Movieline - TVline
There are certain parts of childhood we all miss: Recess, picture books, nap time. Today, International Children’s Books Day (on what would have been Hans Christian Andersen's 204th birthday) gives us a chance to relive some of those nostalgic moments with cats in hats, hungry caterpillars, ugly ducklings and other wild things. So we asked a few influential figures in media and education to share their favorite titles--the ones that sparked their imaginations and shaped their lives.
Daphne Durham Managing Editor of Books, Amazon.com
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
“Where the Wild Things Are was my first love--simply told, lushly illustrated, and featuring characters that leap off the page (it is a wild rumpus after all)--it was, and is, the perfect picture book."
Vivian Schiller CEO, National Public Radio
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
My favorite children' book is Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown.
Daphne Durham Managing Editor of Books, Amazon.com
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
“Where the Wild Things Are was my first love--simply told, lushly illustrated, and featuring characters that leap off the page (it is a wild rumpus after all)--it was, and is, the perfect picture book."
Vivian Schiller CEO, National Public Radio
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
My favorite children' book is Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown.
- 4/2/2009
- by Abha Bhattarai
- Fast Company
NEW YORK -- In a play to expand its entertainment sector offerings, the New York Times Co. on Monday said it has acquired online film and TV database provider Baseline StudioSystems from Hollywood Media Corp. for $35 million in cash. Baseline supplies entertainment research to subscribers at film studios and television production companies. Like its competitors, most notably the Amazon.com-owned IMDb.com, Baseline also syndicates and licenses its content to such Web site operators as Yahoo! and Bloomberg.com. Under the transaction, Baseline will remain in Santa Monica under the leadership of company president Rafi Gordon and executive vp Alex Amin. It will operate as a unit within the New York Times Media Co. group supervised by Vivian Schiller, senior vp and general manager of NYTimes.com.
- 8/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Discovery Times Channel is losing its programming chief to the New York Times, which relinquished its stake in the cable channel last week. Vivian Schiller, senior vp and general manager of the Discovery Networks-owned channel, is stepping down May 5 to become senior vp and general manager of NYTimes.com, the newspaper's Web site. Schiller will be replaced by her second-in-command at Discovery Times, Bill Smee, who has been promoted to acting general manager.
- 4/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Discovery Times Channel is losing its programming chief to the New York Times, which relinquished its stake in the cable channel last week. Vivian Schiller, senior vp and general manager of the Discovery Networks-owned channel, is stepping down May 5 to become senior vp and general manager of NYTimes.com, the newspaper's Web site. Schiller will be replaced by her second-in-command at Discovery Times, Bill Smee, who has been promoted to acting general manager. "Vivian has been an outstanding leader of the Discovery Times Channel since its launch three years ago," Discovery Networks U.S. president Billy Campbell said. "We are enormously proud of the progress we have made with Discovery Times Channel and we wish Vivian the very best for her new endeavor at the Times."...
- 4/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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