November 11, 2008 Vivian Schiller, the longtime head of NYTimes.com’s digital efforts, has left The New York Times, and has joined National Public Radio as its new CEO.

September 25, 2008; Washington, D.C. – Kinsey Wilson, who has overseen USA TODAY’s combined online and print news operation since 2005, has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media, NPR, it was announced by Mitch Praver, NPR’s Chief Operating Officer.  At press time, NYT has not named a replacement for Schiller.

Listen to NPR’s streaming radio announcement HERE hosted by David Folkenflik.  David seems impressed and happy with the selection.  “this is an opportunity for NPR to become stronger than ever”.

Watch this 2007 interview with Vivian as she talks about her experiences transitioning from producing television to producing for video for the New York Times.

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I’ve been writing a good amount lately of NPR’s excellent news coverage on the economic crisis and how the company as a whole seems to be doing a great job of innovating and following their customers.  Perhaps Vivian and Kinsey saw the same thing and jumped industries?

Vivian Schiller bio: Vivian Schiller was named senior vice president and general manager of NYTimes.com in May 2006.  In this role, she leads the day-to-day operations of NYTimes.com, the largest newspaper Web site on the Internet.  Ms. Schiller had previously served as senior vice president, Television and Video for The New York Times and also executive vice president and general manager for the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture with Discovery Communications.  She has been with the Times Company since May 2002.

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