NPR Names Jarl Mohn President And CEO

The board of directors of National Public Radio has selected Jarl Mohn to become its next president and chief executive officer.

Mohn is currently chairman of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) and has had a life-long career in media, including serving as founding president and chief executive officer of Liberty Digital and president and chief executive officer of E! Entertainment Television.

Mohn, 62 years old, will begin his term at NPR in July and will succeed Paul Haaga Jr, who has been acting chief executive officer and president since 2013. In addition to his service to public radio, Mohn was the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Digital, a public company that invested in interactive television, cable networks and internet enterprises. Prior to Liberty Digital, he created E! Entertainment Television and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1990 to December 1998.

He was Executive Vice President and General Manager of MTV and VH1, from 1986 to 1990. He began his career as a disc jockey in 1967 and was on the air on WNBC-AM in New York in the 1970s. Most recently he has divided him time between being a corporate director and advisor to a number of media companies, making direct early stage angel and seed investments in digital media/technology ventures. He and his wife Pamela created The Mohn Family Foundation in 2000. Mohn attended Temple University, where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy.