(Bio of) Vivian Schiller , Senior Vice President and General Manager, NYTimes.com

Min Online ^ | 4/15/2008 | (Staff--presumably self-submitted)

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Vivian Schiller was named senior vice president and general manager of NYTimes.com in May 2006. In this role, she leads the day-to-day operations of NYTimes.com, the largest newspaper Web site on the Internet. Ms. Schiller had previously served as senior vice president, Television and Video for The New York Times and also executive vice president and general manager for the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture with Discovery Communications. She has been with the Times Company since May 2002.

Under Ms. Schiller's leadership, Discovery Times Channel distribution grew from 14 million households to more than 39 million, achieving early profitability and critical acclaim. During her tenure, The Discovery Times Channel also received numerous awards including three Emmys, two Overseas Press Club Awards and three National Headliner Awards.

Before joining the Times Company, Ms. Schiller worked for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. as executive vice president for CNN Productions. In this position, she led the CNN Newsgroup's long-form programming efforts, including the development and launch of People in the News (with People magazine) and CNN Presents. During her tenure with CNN, Ms. Schiller received numerous awards, including five Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Schiller served as vice president and general manager of Turner Original Productions where she managed the documentary division of the Turner Entertainment Networks. In addition, she was senior producer for Turner's first-ever Oscar nominated program, Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream, among other Peabody- and Emmy-winning productions. She began her career at Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. in 1988 as a Russian interpreter and production coordinator on projects in the former Soviet Union.

Ms. Schiller earned her master's degree in Russian from Middlebury College in 1984 and her bachelor's degree in Russian and Soviet Studies from Cornell University in 1983.

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[Diogenesis]

“Western thinking has become conservative:
the world situation should stay as it is at any cost;
there should be no changes. ....
The communist regime in the East could stand and grow due to the enthusiastic support
from an enormous number of Western intellectuals who felt a kinship and refused to see
communism's crimes. And when they no longer could do so, they tried to justify them. In
our Eastern countries, communism has suffered a complete ideological defeat; it is zero
and less than zero. But Western intellectuals still look at it with interest and with
empathy, and this is precisely what makes it so immensely difficult for the West to
withstand the East.”
[Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn at the Commencement, 8 June 1978, Harvard University]

[StAnDeliver]

fisking...fisking...fisking...

[NativeNewYorker]

Russian and Soviet Studies

Well, well, well.

[NormsRevenge]

I wonder how much studies time she spent as a yout’ in Mother Russia?

a recruitsky perhaps? like BJ Clinton?

ya never know ..

[bvw]

A resume full of friggin decorations. Meanwhile the ACTUAL numbers — circulation, profit — of The Times and went way down low. Any AWARD for losers?

And who the heck has ever watched anything on “Discovery Times Channel”?

[bvw]

dropped word: “of The Times and CNN”

[GnuHere]

Mommy and Daddy were probably good, well-to-do Commies.

[Uri’el-2012]

Vivian Schiller was born to Ronald Schiller, an editor at Reader's Digest, and Lillian Schiller of Larchmont, New York.[3] She graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor's degree in Russian studies and Soviet studies, and a Master's degree in Russian from Middlebury College.[4]

[parisa]

Please fill me in. Why are we interested in her bio?

[combat_boots]

1. Soviet studies.
2. Russian translator work.
3. NYT connection.
4. Later comments from Williams on her saying the decision was made ‘above her’ help complete the picture.

[parisa]

I haven’t been paying attention to the news today. Is she the one who fired Juan?

[parisa]

Never mind! I must have been on planet moon today! Just found out who she is.

[EDINVA]

She’s the NPR CEO who said Juan should keep his thoughts/feelings between himself and his psychiatrist.

[parisa]

That explains it. Thanks.

If only the rats were smart enough to realize that the homeowners have been awakened and on super alert mode. They should have stayed put in their rat holes and kept quiet for now. Dumb and dumber!

[combat_boots]

No problemo.