Chris Boskin Elected Chair of CPB

Publisher Has Been Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board Member for the Past Year

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/30/2007 2:07:00 PM EDT

Veteran print publisher Chris Boskin, who has been a Corporation for Public Broadcasting board member for the past year, was elected to a one-year term as chair of the board.

Boskin's resume includes posts at Worth Media, The New Yorker and Hearst.

The announcement came Tuesday at CPB’s annual board meeting.

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