By Todd Cunningham
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Brian Lamb, who helped found the
public-affairs cable network C-SPAN in 1978 and has been its CEO
ever since, will step down at the end of the month, C-SPAN said
Sunday.
Lamb, 70, will turn the operation over to two co-CEOs, Rob
Kennedy and Susan Swain. He will remain chairman of the board
and take on the new title of executive chairman, C-SPAN said.
C-SPAN said the leadership transition has been years in the
making. Kennedy, 55, and Swain, 57, have been co-presidents of
the company since 2006. Swain joined C-SPAN in 1982, and Kennedy
joined in 1987.
Washington-based C-SPAN is a nonprofit created and funded by
cable and satellite TV companies. It employs 275 people.
(Editing by Chris Michaud)
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