Amid a debate over federal funding, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller used the National Press Club stage Monday to try to focus attention on the public radio network’s value and finally to move past the controversy over the firing of Juan Williams. Today, she is out following another staff-related controversy, abruptly…

Although NPR’s identity will always revolve around “audio,” the introduction of mobile apps has made it more of general news organization that can compete more directly with the NYT, AP and others, CEO Vivian Schiller told Slate Group Chairman Jacob Weisberg in an interview at The Big Money’s Untethered conference.…

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller had some fun showing off new NPR ‘products’ in the pipeline. If you follow NPR, odds are you’ll enjoy the video embedded below.

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller—the only woman speaker featured here this year—wowed the tough D8 crowd with a witty video featuring various new NPR “products” in development including Scott Simon in 3D and a Chatroulette version of game show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. And she talked some real business, too.…

When Vivian Schiller took the job as CEO of NPR, she told paidContent she thought NPR was uniquely positioned in hyperlocal: “Big news organizations spend hours wondering how do I create the hyperlocal presence, you don’t have the infrastructure. NPR can do it. It already has the trust and the…

National Public Radio is already a leader in podcasting. But a free NPR News iPhone app that launched Saturday night opens up a new dimension for the network and its member stations with live and on-demand mobile streaming. It’s also the first app to make reading the news and listening…

On the internet, any media outlet can overcome its single-dimension status offline. Print outlets can excel in video, local TV stations can add text and stills, radio can get visual. When NPR.org relaunches overnight, it will add all kinds of features to enhance and extend its audio, including improved search,…

I caught up with National Public Radio President and CEO Vivian Schiller the other day in the Club Acela at Penn Station, much to the interest of some NPR listeners who eavesdropped as we talked in the computer corner of the crowded lounge. Schiller joined NPR late last year after…

When we caught up with Vivian Schiller, the just-announced president and CEO of National Public Radio, she was in a surprising location: her own kitchen in Bethesda, catching a breath after the NPR board meeting this morning when her appointment was approved. Schiller has been commuting for the past two-plus…

This one is a shocker: Vivian Schiller, the longtime head of NYTimes.com’s digital efforts, has left the company, and has joined National Public Radio as its new CEO. She succeeds Dennis Haarsager, who has served as interim CEO since March, after Ken Stern left abruptly after internal discord. Also recently,…

NYTimes.com has been quietly rolling out a series of sub-sections this month, in hopes of attracting more B-to-B advertisers. By mid-September, new sub-sections will be added to the toolbars of both the Business and Technology channels, including Green Business and Enterprise Technology, respectively. Others will be added throughout the rest…

If Murdoch can publicly talk about his intentions to topple New York Times (NYSE: NYT) in a few months, the NYT’s digital brass can also fire back, if only in a rather amusing internal memo. New York Times online editor Jon Landman and NYTimes.com GM Vivian Schiller had some choice…

Traditional media properties like the NYT, MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) and Time Inc.‘s People find themselves continually redefining their digital strategies; yesterday it was an emphasis on RSS feeds, now it’s time for widgets. Some highlights from the discussion about social media and branding on the final day of Ad:Tech; …