D: All Things Digital Conferences
The center of gravity at the university appears to have shifted. The school now looks like a giant tech incubator with a football team.
— Nicholas Thompson, in a New Yorker article entitled, “The End of Stanford?”
President and CEO
NPR
A media executive and journalist with 25 years of experience in the industry, Schiller joined NPR in January 2009. She leads all of NPR's worldwide media operations, including the organization's partnerships with a network of more than 900 public radio stations, and their service to the nearly 30 million people who listen to NPR programming. Prior to joining NPR, she served at The New York Times as senior vice president and general manager of NYTimes.com. She also served as senior vice president of CNN Productions. Schiller began her career as a simultaneous Russian interpreter in the former Soviet Union, which led her to documentary production work for Turner Broadcasting.
Posts With Vivian Schiller
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NBC News executive Vivian Schiller has formally accepted a new job as Twitter’s head of news partnerships. AllThingsD reported two weeks ago that Schiller would take the job, which is supposed to provide Twitter with a liaison to journalists and news organizations. Schiller said she’ll continue to live in Washington, D.C., with her family, and will be commuting frequently to Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
Social media rewards live viewing as opposed to time-shifting. If you’re in the television business, that’s a really great thing.
— NBC Chief Digital Officer Vivian Schiller
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