By Kevin McCauley
Washington Post Co. chairman Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones is leaving the company after 32 years to take the CEO slot at MacNeil/Lehrer Productions effective Jan. 1.
He will head corporate and foundation funding for the PBS Newshour, coordinate ties with stations/distributors and develop documentary programming.
MLP is a partnership of Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil and Liberty Media Inc. The newsmen first teamed in 1973 as co-anchors of public television’s non-stop coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings.
Jones served as publisher and CEO of the Washington Post from `00 to `08. Prior to joining the WPC, Jones was an attorney at Boston’s Hill and Barlow and law clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Lehrer said in a statement that Jones has a “unique combination of journalistic integrity and business acumen, plus he understands Americans’ increasing demand for serious journalism about the issues and events that matter.”
Lehrer is exiting his anchor chair in December to become executive editor of the Newshour, which now has a multi-anchor format.
Tom Goodman of Goodman Media International reps MLP.
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