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Meet NPR's New Chief Executive: Jarl Mohn

By David Folkenflik
Published May 9, 2014 at 5:45 PM PDT

NPR announced the selection of a new CEO. His name is Jarl Mohn, a longtime radio disc jockey and former media executive, who's been a venture capitalist and corporate board member in recent years. The appointment of Mohn follows last year's departure of Gary Knell, who left NPR to run the National Geographic Society.

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