Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:38pm EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vivian Schiller, a vice president at the New York Times who runs the newspaper's Web site, was named president and chief executive officer of National Public Radio on Tuesday.
Schiller, 47, replaces Dennis Haarsager, who has served as interim CEO of NPR since March, the radio network said.
She has more than 20 years of experience working in media. She currently heads the day-to-day operations at the Web site of the New York Times, but in a previous position at CNN she ran long-form programing for the U.S. news channel.
NPR programing goes out over more than 880 public radio stations in the United States. The New York Times is owned by New York Times Co.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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