Posted on 03/09/2011 6:49:39 AM PST by Second Amendment First
NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned, NPR just announced.
This follows yesterday's news that then-NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation) was videotapped slamming conservatives and questioning whether NPR needs federal funding during a lunch with men posing as members of a Muslim organization (they were working with political activist James O'Keefe on a "sting.") Vivian Schiller (2008 file photo). Enlarge Michael Benabib/AP
Vivian Schiller (2008 file photo). Vivian Schiller (2008 file photo). Michael Benabib/AP
Vivian Schiller (2008 file photo).
Vivian Schiller quickly condemned Ron Schiller's comments, and he moved up an already-announced decision to leave NPR and resigned effectively immediately. But Ron Schiller's gaffe followed last fall's dismissal of NPR political analyst Juan Williams, for which Vivian Schiller came under harsh criticism.
NPR just sent this statement from NPR Board of Directors Chairman Dave Edwards to its staff and member stations:
"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.
"Vivian brought vision and energy to this organization. She led NPR back from the enormous economic challenges of the previous two years. She was passionately committed to NPR's mission, and to stations and NPR working collaboratively as a local-national news network.
"According to a CEO succession plan adopted by the Board in 2009, Joyce Slocum, SVP of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, has been appointed to the position of Interim CEO. The Board will immediately establish an Executive Transition Committee that will develop a timeframe and process for the recruitment and selection of new leadership.
"I recognize the magnitude of this news – and that it comes on top of what has been a traumatic period for NPR and the larger public radio community. The Board is committed to supporting NPR through this interim period and has confidence in NPR's leadership team."
We'll have much more on this as the story develops.
Update at 9:30 a.m. ET: "I'm told by sources that she was forced out," NPR's David Folkenflik just said on Morning Edition.
Yes, but it would also infuriate me if they were using tax $$$ to support right-wing propaganda outlets.
Me thinks maybe James has another one up his sleeve, and she now realizes she’s on the next video....
all I can say is, thank God James O’Keefe is on our side
See ya later, you HACK!
What did she do?? The Juan Williams thing was way back. Is this just to salvage the lobbying effort for funding?? Is there some other scandal that we haven’t heard yet? What is the basis for her resigning?
Ms. Schiller joined NPR in January 2009 after serving as a senior vice president at The New York Times Company, where she was general manager of nytimes.com.
"I had been an NPR fanatic for many, many years," she says .... "I love getting the news in an unbiased way ..."
InsideCounsel Magazine - On a Mission
Q: If money weren't an issue, what would your dream job be?A: I joke with friends that I would run an organic goat farm or open a fish taco stand on the beach in St. Barts.
Now the MB really is going to be interested in funding NPR. From an MB, or SA, point of view, what’s not to like?
Gee thanks, my screen just cracked.
Bu-bye.
exactly, there are emails notes, etc. You don’t fish and think you have hooked a $5 million catch and not tell the skipper. Lots of paper/email trail for those inclined.
Conservatives orgnizations ought to be giving O’Keefe all kinds of awards. With just two video hits he has accomplished more than 20 years of miserable Republican (socialist) existence and subsurvitude.
The Big Boo
Aren’t you guys sweet.
Ow! Waaay too big.
WOW! 2 in less than 24 hours. Sounds like a putsch is underway at NPR, and you know how nasty dedicated Leftists can be when it comes to eating their own young.
It’s going to be highly entertaining to watch this one continue, and continue it will. You gotta figure that the Schillers had all kinds of acolytes on staff at NPR and they will not be pleased with this decision. I look for a bunch of resignations in the coming weeks.
Nothing beats a good housecleaning.....
The Board of Directors of NPR is responsible for the governance of our 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. The board sets the policies and overall direction for NPR management, monitors NPR’s performance, and provides financial oversight. The board consists of seventeen directors, ten of whom are managers of NPR member stations and are elected to the board by their fellow member stations. The seven remaining directors include the president of NPR, the chairman of the NPR Foundation, and five prominent members of the public selected by the board and confirmed by NPR member stations.
NPR Board Meetings
NPR Member Station Managers
Steve Bass
President and Chief Executive Officer, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Bill Davis
President and CEO, Southern California Public Radio
Dave Edwards
Director/General Manager, WUWM
Chair of the Board, NPR
Jose Fajardo
President & CEO, WMFE
Betsy Gardella
President and CEO, New Hampshire Public Radio
Kit Jensen
Chief Operating Officer WVIZ/PBS & 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Jon McTaggart
Chief Operating Officer, Minnesota Public Radio
Greg Petrowich
Executive Director, WSIU Public Broadcasting
Marita Rivero
Vice President and General Manager for Radio and Television, WGBH
Roger Sarow
President, WFAE-FM
President of NPR
Vivian Schiller
President and CEO
Chair of the NPR Foundation
Antoine W. van Agtmael
Chair, NPR Foundation; Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets Management, LLP
Public Members of the Board
Carol Cartwright
President, Bowling Green State University; Vice Chair of the Board, NPR
Eduardo A. Hauser
Chief Executive Officer, DailyMe, Inc.
John A Herrmann, Jr.
Vice Chairman, Lincoln International
Lyle Logan
Managing Director, Global Financial Institutions Group
Howard H. Stevenson
Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School; Senior Associate Dean, Director of HBS Publishing
NPR is ACORN in an ascot. Time to set it free.
After hearing her Press Club speech, the more she talked, the more liberal elitist she revealed herself to be...and a complete lack of self-awareness. It was great. She had “defund me now” stamped on her forehead, but didn't know it.
YAY! We got another to join us!
Come on into bed, Delta!
NPR is ACORN in an ascot.
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LOL! I love it!
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