NYT's Schiller Jumps to NPR as President, CEO

The New York Times’ Vivian Schiller has jumped to National Public Radio as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 5, 2009. She succeeds Dennis Haarsager, who served as interim CEO since March.

Her appointment, announced Tuesday (Nov 11), is the result of an eighth-month search process conducted by NPR’s board of directors.

Schiller has more than 20 years of experience in media, most recently as senior vp and general manager of NYTimes.com, the largest newspaper Web site on the Internet.

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