Sam Feist, the longtime Washington, D.C. bureau chief of CNN, will become the next CEO of C-span.
Feist will succeed Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain, who have been in the role as co-CEOs since 2012. Founding CEO Brian Lamb remains on the board of directors.
Feist has served as Washington bureau chief and senior vice president at CNN since 2011. He oversees newsgathering operations and production, as well as coverage of major political events. He joined the network in 1990, as a freelance producer in the London bureau, and later moved to Atlanta and then to Washington, D.C. in 1992. He became political director and vice president of Washington programming, and has coordinated daily political coverage and election night production since 2006. He also was the founding executive producer of The Situation Room.
In a statement, Feist said, “Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever. I look forward to working
with C-span...
Feist will succeed Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain, who have been in the role as co-CEOs since 2012. Founding CEO Brian Lamb remains on the board of directors.
Feist has served as Washington bureau chief and senior vice president at CNN since 2011. He oversees newsgathering operations and production, as well as coverage of major political events. He joined the network in 1990, as a freelance producer in the London bureau, and later moved to Atlanta and then to Washington, D.C. in 1992. He became political director and vice president of Washington programming, and has coordinated daily political coverage and election night production since 2006. He also was the founding executive producer of The Situation Room.
In a statement, Feist said, “Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever. I look forward to working
with C-span...
- 5/14/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
C-span has found its next CEO, and it is a familiar face to the world of TV news.
Sam Feist, the longtime Washington D.C. bureau chief of CNN, has been selected to be the cable-funded non-profit’s next chief executive. Feist has led CNN’s D.C. bureau since 2011, and started at the cable channel in 1990.
Pat Esser, the former CEO of Cox, who is C-span’s chairman, called Feist “an outstanding leader who is trusted and respected by both sides of the aisle and who has a deep respect for C-span’s nonpartisan mission.”
Fesit, meanwhile, heaped praise on the the small but mighty public affairs organization.
“Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever,” said Feist in a statement. “I look forward to working with C-span’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences where they are.”
“C-span is an American...
Sam Feist, the longtime Washington D.C. bureau chief of CNN, has been selected to be the cable-funded non-profit’s next chief executive. Feist has led CNN’s D.C. bureau since 2011, and started at the cable channel in 1990.
Pat Esser, the former CEO of Cox, who is C-span’s chairman, called Feist “an outstanding leader who is trusted and respected by both sides of the aisle and who has a deep respect for C-span’s nonpartisan mission.”
Fesit, meanwhile, heaped praise on the the small but mighty public affairs organization.
“Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever,” said Feist in a statement. “I look forward to working with C-span’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences where they are.”
“C-span is an American...
- 5/14/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
C-span co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain, who have been at the helm of the nonprofit cable network since 2012, will be leaving later this year.
C-span said chair Pat Esser has been working with Kennedy and Swain on succession planning for more than a year and has tapped Carlsen Resources, a Colorado-based search firm, has tapped to conduct the search for a new chief executive. Kennedy, Swain, C-span founder Brian Lamb and Esser, former CEO of Cox Communications, have formed a search committee that will recommend a candidate to the board.
Kennedy also serves as CFO of C-span. Matt Deprey, VP of Finance, step into that role.
The not-for-profit network that provides unfiltered access to government proceedings will turn 45 on March 19.
Kennedy joined the network in 1987 after holding executive positions at two early cable multi-system operators. Swain began in C-span’s programming department in 1982. Throughout her career, she has also...
C-span said chair Pat Esser has been working with Kennedy and Swain on succession planning for more than a year and has tapped Carlsen Resources, a Colorado-based search firm, has tapped to conduct the search for a new chief executive. Kennedy, Swain, C-span founder Brian Lamb and Esser, former CEO of Cox Communications, have formed a search committee that will recommend a candidate to the board.
Kennedy also serves as CFO of C-span. Matt Deprey, VP of Finance, step into that role.
The not-for-profit network that provides unfiltered access to government proceedings will turn 45 on March 19.
Kennedy joined the network in 1987 after holding executive positions at two early cable multi-system operators. Swain began in C-span’s programming department in 1982. Throughout her career, she has also...
- 3/5/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
C-span co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain will leave the company in 2024.
The two were named co-CEOs in 2012. Kennedy joined the network in 1987 and Swain began in C-span’s programming department in 1982. She has also served as a principal on-air host for the network.
Kennedy, who also serves as CFO of C-span, plans to retire in mid-May for his retirement. Matt Deprey, vice president, finance will replace him as CFO. Swain does not have an exact retirement date “as she intends to be helpful through the transition.”
Succession planning has been underway for more than a year. A search committee has been formed and Carlsen Resources, a Colorado-based search firm, has been selected to conduct the search for a new CEO.
In addition to their years at the company, Kennedy and Swain guided C-span through Covid, as well as a restructuring due to the decline in linear cable subscriptions, increased...
The two were named co-CEOs in 2012. Kennedy joined the network in 1987 and Swain began in C-span’s programming department in 1982. She has also served as a principal on-air host for the network.
Kennedy, who also serves as CFO of C-span, plans to retire in mid-May for his retirement. Matt Deprey, vice president, finance will replace him as CFO. Swain does not have an exact retirement date “as she intends to be helpful through the transition.”
Succession planning has been underway for more than a year. A search committee has been formed and Carlsen Resources, a Colorado-based search firm, has been selected to conduct the search for a new CEO.
In addition to their years at the company, Kennedy and Swain guided C-span through Covid, as well as a restructuring due to the decline in linear cable subscriptions, increased...
- 3/5/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Susan Swain with (from left) Rob Kennedy, co-ceo of C-span, and network founder Brian Lamb in 2012. (Photo by C-span via Wikimedia Commons)
C-span, the not-for-profit political affairs channel bankrolled by cable and satellite television companies, has started looking for a new chief executive after co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain signaled their intention to resign by the end of the year.
Kennedy intends to retire from his co-ceo and Chief Financial Officer roles in May, while Swain is expected to stay on at the network until it finds a new leader. Both have served in the co-ceo roles since 2012.
The network intends to look outside the organization for its new CEO, according to a source familiar with the matter. The website Cablefax was first to report on the departures of the two top executives.
Both co-CEOs have worked to navigate C-Span through a trend of cable and satellite “cord-cutting,...
C-span, the not-for-profit political affairs channel bankrolled by cable and satellite television companies, has started looking for a new chief executive after co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain signaled their intention to resign by the end of the year.
Kennedy intends to retire from his co-ceo and Chief Financial Officer roles in May, while Swain is expected to stay on at the network until it finds a new leader. Both have served in the co-ceo roles since 2012.
The network intends to look outside the organization for its new CEO, according to a source familiar with the matter. The website Cablefax was first to report on the departures of the two top executives.
Both co-CEOs have worked to navigate C-Span through a trend of cable and satellite “cord-cutting,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Frank McCourt, the Brooklyn-born, Ireland-raised author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1996 memoir Angela's Ashes, is in a hospice, his brother Malachy McCourt said Thursday. Frank McCourt, 78, who recently battled melanoma and contracted meningitis about two weeks ago, "is not expected to live," his younger (by one year) brother told Reuters. The author is in a New York hospice, "his faculties shutting down," according to his sibling. After the best-selling Angela's Ashes, which tracked his unimaginably impoverished childhood and was adapted to the screen in 1999, McCourt went on to write two other memoirs, 1999's 'Tis and 2005's Teacher Man, about his experiences...
- 7/17/2009
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
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