Sam Feist to head C-SPAN after nearly 35 years with CNN
Longtime CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Feist will leave the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed news outlet to take the helm of C-SPAN as its new CEO, reports Variety..
According to the post, Feist will remain at CNN through June and take the reins of C-SPAN later in the summer, succeeding co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain. Founded in 1979 by a group of cable operators, C-SPAN is devoted to televising the activity in the chambers of the U.S. House and Senate as well related political content, analysis and roundtable discussions.
Feist has been senior VP and D.C. bureau chief at CNN since 2011. He first started working for CNN as a freelance producer 1990 out of London. He moved to its Washington bureau in 1992.
Pat Esser, retired Cox Communications CEO who is chairman of C-SPAN chairman Pat Esser, called Feist “an outstanding leader who is trusted and respected by both sides of the aisle and who has a deep respect for C-SPAN’s nonpartisan mission.”
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