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
Brooke Runnette has been named president of National Geographic Television (Ngt). The announcement came Monday from John Fahey, National Geographic Society chairman and CEO, to whom Runnette will report. She succeeds Maryanne Culpepper, whose departure was announced earlier this year. Runnette joined Nat Geo earlier this month from Discovery where she was executive producer and director of development for specials, including Discovery’s popular Shark Week franchise. She will transition over the next month from her current position as vice president, development and special projects, at Nat Geo into the role at Ngt. Story: National Geographic Channels' Howard T. Owens to be Keynote
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- 11/26/2012
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brooke Runnette, a former Discovery executive whose role included producing Shark Week, has been named the new president of National Geographic Television. Runnette, an Emmy and Peabody Award winner, was executive producer and director of specials for Discovery before becoming vice president of development and special projects at National Geographic Channels. As president, she will oversee shows, special events and live programming. Runnette replaces Maryanne Culpepper, whose exit was announced earlier this year. Under Runnette's leadership, the 2010 Shark Week was the highest rated in the 23-year history of the annual event. "Our...
- 11/26/2012
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Exclusive: That is a very fast rise. Less than a month after Brooke Runnette joined National Geographic Channel as VP Development and Special Projects, the former Discovery executive and Shark Week executive producer has been named president of National Geographic Television, the studio/documentary arm of the National Geographic Society. Runnette succeeds Maryanne Culpepper, who left in July after 16 years at Ngt and 15 months as president. Runnette will transition to her new role over the next month. One of her first assignments at NatGeo was to oversee the network’s high-profile spring 2013 series The 80’s: The Decade That Made Us, which she will continue to executive produce. At Ngt, Runnette will oversee the development and production of series, special events and live programming, reporting to John Fahey, National Geographic Society chairman and CEO. Fahey has been shaking up the upper ranks at the 124-year-old nonprofit scientific and educational institution in...
- 11/26/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: The shakeup at the National Geographic Society continues. I’ve learned that this afternoon National Geographic Society president Tim Kelly announced internally that he will leave the company at the end of the year after three decades. His departure comes on the heels of the July exit of Maryanne Culpepper, president of National Geographic Television, the studio/documentary arm of the National Geographic Society. Kelly joined National Geographic in 1982 and rose through the ranks to president, a title he’s held since January 2011. I hear there is no plan for a direct replacement, with National Geographic Society chairman and CEO John Fahey slated to discuss the transition in a company-wide staff meeting tomorrow. I hear the departure of Kelly is part of Fahey’s plans to overhaul the 124-year-old non-profit scientific and educational institution, bringing it faster into the digital age. In his memo to the staff today, obtained by Deadline,...
- 9/18/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: I’ve learned that National Geographic Television president Maryanne Culpepper has exited the studio/documentary arm of the National Geographic Society, which produces programing for the National Geographic Channels, including National Geographic Explorer, as well as specials and series for other networks like PBS. Culpepper spent 16 years at NatGeo TV and was named president in April 2011. I hear the change at the top is part of National Geographic Society’s plan to overhaul and modernize its TV operation, expanding its production capabilities.
- 7/25/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Maryanne Culpepper has assumed the position of National Geographic Television's president, replacing a departing Michael Rosenfeld, the company announced on Tuesday. Culpepper is being promoted from her previous position as executive vice president of editorial and new business development for National Geographic Television. Rosenfeld, who joined National Geographic in 1993 as a writer and producer of "Explorer," and had been president of the company since 2006, is departing to pursue "his first love -- making films," a statement released by National Geographic said. National Geographic Global Media CEO Edward Prince, to whom...
- 4/26/2011
- The Wrap
TORONTO -- The Banff World Television Festival is on its way to becoming more of a commercial TV market, with the organizers successfully recruiting leading American programmers to the event. Robert Montgomery, CEO of the festival, said the U.S. contingent set to attend the annual TV industry gathering will be the largest ever as Europeans look to do deals there. Despite being a Canadian TV festival, Montgomery said that his discussions with European producers and broadcasters at MIPTV in April and elsewhere confirming their attendance at Banff was very much contingent on being able to do business with Americans. Those confirmed as part of the American contingent at Banff include David Lyle, chief operating officer and general manager of the Fox Reality Channel, Lisa Berger of E! Networks, Keith Brown of MTV Networks International, Elizabeth Cullen of Oxygen Media, Maryanne Culpepper of National Geographic Television, and Channing Dawson and Mary Ellen Iwata of Scripps Networks.
- 5/12/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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