NPR Radio: Industry Veteran Jarl Mohn Named New CEO

Media industry veteran Jarl Mohn will be the new CEO of National Public Radio, the organization's board of directors has announced.

Jarl Mohn

Mohn, 62, currently sits on the board of directors at several media organizations, including Scripps Networks Interactive and web analytics company comScore. He is also on the boards of KPCC Southern California Public Radio and the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism.

Announcing the hire, Kit Jensen, who chairs NPR's board of directors, said Mohn has "an ability to find nuanced and new ideas." He is slated to start work at NPR on July 1.

The move to NPR represents something of a return for Mohn — he worked as a radio disc jockey for about two decades before joining MTV as an executive in 1986. He later became president and CEO of E! Entertainment Television before moving on to other enterprises, including a stint on the board of XM Radio.

Mohn will be NPR's fourth permanent or acting CEO since January 2009, following a procession of executives who served relatively short tenures: Vivian Schiller (2009-2011), Gary Knell (2011-2013), and Paul Haaga Jr., who became the company's interim CEO last fall.

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