MacNeil-Lehrer Productions Hires Jones Jr. as President and CEO

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones Jr., former publisher of TheWashington Post, has been named president and CEO of MacNeil–Lehrer Productions (PBS NewsHour) effective at the beginning of 2012.

Jones will head up corpoarte and foundation funding, coordinate with stations and distributors and develop documentary projects.

Jones succeeds Simon Marks, who is exiting to return to reporting and producing, according to the company. Jim Lehrer is exiting as anchor of NewsHour in December, but will continue as executive editor.

In addition to NewsHour (carried on over 300 noncommercial stations) , MacNeil–Lehrer Production produces programming for commercial broadcast and cable outlets.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.