Sam Feist. (Courtesy photo)
C-span has tapped a long-time CNN journalist to serve as its next chief executive officer, the network confirmed this week.
Sam Feist recently held the role of bureau chief at CNN’s Washington office. He previously served as CNN’s political director and the vice president of the network’s programming. Feist joined CNN in 1991, the same year the network went mainstream for its coverage of an American bombing campaign at the start of the first Gulf War.
Feist starts at C-span in June, where he will assume the CEO role from departing co-chief executives Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain. Both held the co-ceo position for more than a decade.
“Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever,” Feist said in a statement. “I look forward to working with C-span’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences wherever they are.
C-span has tapped a long-time CNN journalist to serve as its next chief executive officer, the network confirmed this week.
Sam Feist recently held the role of bureau chief at CNN’s Washington office. He previously served as CNN’s political director and the vice president of the network’s programming. Feist joined CNN in 1991, the same year the network went mainstream for its coverage of an American bombing campaign at the start of the first Gulf War.
Feist starts at C-span in June, where he will assume the CEO role from departing co-chief executives Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain. Both held the co-ceo position for more than a decade.
“Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever,” Feist said in a statement. “I look forward to working with C-span’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences wherever they are.
- 5/16/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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.
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.
“Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever,” Feist said. “I look forward to working with C-span’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences where they are. C-span is an American treasure and I could not be more excited to lead this essential institution.”
Kennedy will step down from his post at the end of this week. Swain...
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.
“Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever,” Feist said. “I look forward to working with C-span’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences where they are. C-span is an American treasure and I could not be more excited to lead this essential institution.”
Kennedy will step down from his post at the end of this week. Swain...
- 5/14/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Sam Feist, the longtime Washington, D.C. bureau chief of CNN, will become the next CEO of C-span.
Feist will succeed Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain, who have been in the role as co-CEOs since 2012. Founding CEO Brian Lamb remains on the board of directors.
Feist has served as Washington bureau chief and senior vice president at CNN since 2011. He oversees newsgathering operations and production, as well as coverage of major political events. He joined the network in 1990, as a freelance producer in the London bureau, and later moved to Atlanta and then to Washington, D.C. in 1992. He became political director and vice president of Washington programming, and has coordinated daily political coverage and election night production since 2006. He also was the founding executive producer of The Situation Room.
In a statement, Feist said, “Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever. I look forward to working
with C-span...
Feist will succeed Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain, who have been in the role as co-CEOs since 2012. Founding CEO Brian Lamb remains on the board of directors.
Feist has served as Washington bureau chief and senior vice president at CNN since 2011. He oversees newsgathering operations and production, as well as coverage of major political events. He joined the network in 1990, as a freelance producer in the London bureau, and later moved to Atlanta and then to Washington, D.C. in 1992. He became political director and vice president of Washington programming, and has coordinated daily political coverage and election night production since 2006. He also was the founding executive producer of The Situation Room.
In a statement, Feist said, “Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever. I look forward to working
with C-span...
- 5/14/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
C-span has found its next CEO, and it is a familiar face to the world of TV news.
Sam Feist, the longtime Washington D.C. bureau chief of CNN, has been selected to be the cable-funded non-profit’s next chief executive. Feist has led CNN’s D.C. bureau since 2011, and started at the cable channel in 1990.
Pat Esser, the former CEO of Cox, who is C-span’s chairman, 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.”
Fesit, meanwhile, heaped praise on the the small but mighty public affairs organization.
“Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever,” said Feist in a statement. “I look forward to working with C-span’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences where they are.”
“C-span is an American...
Sam Feist, the longtime Washington D.C. bureau chief of CNN, has been selected to be the cable-funded non-profit’s next chief executive. Feist has led CNN’s D.C. bureau since 2011, and started at the cable channel in 1990.
Pat Esser, the former CEO of Cox, who is C-span’s chairman, 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.”
Fesit, meanwhile, heaped praise on the the small but mighty public affairs organization.
“Our democracy needs C-span now more than ever,” said Feist in a statement. “I look forward to working with C-span’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences where they are.”
“C-span is an American...
- 5/14/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
C-span co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain, who have been at the helm of the nonprofit cable network since 2012, will be leaving later this year.
C-span said chair Pat Esser has been working with Kennedy and Swain on succession planning for more than a year and has tapped Carlsen Resources, a Colorado-based search firm, has tapped to conduct the search for a new chief executive. Kennedy, Swain, C-span founder Brian Lamb and Esser, former CEO of Cox Communications, have formed a search committee that will recommend a candidate to the board.
Kennedy also serves as CFO of C-span. Matt Deprey, VP of Finance, step into that role.
The not-for-profit network that provides unfiltered access to government proceedings will turn 45 on March 19.
Kennedy joined the network in 1987 after holding executive positions at two early cable multi-system operators. Swain began in C-span’s programming department in 1982. Throughout her career, she has also...
C-span said chair Pat Esser has been working with Kennedy and Swain on succession planning for more than a year and has tapped Carlsen Resources, a Colorado-based search firm, has tapped to conduct the search for a new chief executive. Kennedy, Swain, C-span founder Brian Lamb and Esser, former CEO of Cox Communications, have formed a search committee that will recommend a candidate to the board.
Kennedy also serves as CFO of C-span. Matt Deprey, VP of Finance, step into that role.
The not-for-profit network that provides unfiltered access to government proceedings will turn 45 on March 19.
Kennedy joined the network in 1987 after holding executive positions at two early cable multi-system operators. Swain began in C-span’s programming department in 1982. Throughout her career, she has also...
- 3/5/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
C-span co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain will leave the company in 2024.
The two were named co-CEOs in 2012. Kennedy joined the network in 1987 and Swain began in C-span’s programming department in 1982. She has also served as a principal on-air host for the network.
Kennedy, who also serves as CFO of C-span, plans to retire in mid-May for his retirement. Matt Deprey, vice president, finance will replace him as CFO. Swain does not have an exact retirement date “as she intends to be helpful through the transition.”
Succession planning has been underway for more than a year. A search committee has been formed and Carlsen Resources, a Colorado-based search firm, has been selected to conduct the search for a new CEO.
In addition to their years at the company, Kennedy and Swain guided C-span through Covid, as well as a restructuring due to the decline in linear cable subscriptions, increased...
The two were named co-CEOs in 2012. Kennedy joined the network in 1987 and Swain began in C-span’s programming department in 1982. She has also served as a principal on-air host for the network.
Kennedy, who also serves as CFO of C-span, plans to retire in mid-May for his retirement. Matt Deprey, vice president, finance will replace him as CFO. Swain does not have an exact retirement date “as she intends to be helpful through the transition.”
Succession planning has been underway for more than a year. A search committee has been formed and Carlsen Resources, a Colorado-based search firm, has been selected to conduct the search for a new CEO.
In addition to their years at the company, Kennedy and Swain guided C-span through Covid, as well as a restructuring due to the decline in linear cable subscriptions, increased...
- 3/5/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Susan Swain with (from left) Rob Kennedy, co-ceo of C-span, and network founder Brian Lamb in 2012. (Photo by C-span via Wikimedia Commons)
C-span, the not-for-profit political affairs channel bankrolled by cable and satellite television companies, has started looking for a new chief executive after co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain signaled their intention to resign by the end of the year.
Kennedy intends to retire from his co-ceo and Chief Financial Officer roles in May, while Swain is expected to stay on at the network until it finds a new leader. Both have served in the co-ceo roles since 2012.
The network intends to look outside the organization for its new CEO, according to a source familiar with the matter. The website Cablefax was first to report on the departures of the two top executives.
Both co-CEOs have worked to navigate C-Span through a trend of cable and satellite “cord-cutting,...
C-span, the not-for-profit political affairs channel bankrolled by cable and satellite television companies, has started looking for a new chief executive after co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain signaled their intention to resign by the end of the year.
Kennedy intends to retire from his co-ceo and Chief Financial Officer roles in May, while Swain is expected to stay on at the network until it finds a new leader. Both have served in the co-ceo roles since 2012.
The network intends to look outside the organization for its new CEO, according to a source familiar with the matter. The website Cablefax was first to report on the departures of the two top executives.
Both co-CEOs have worked to navigate C-Span through a trend of cable and satellite “cord-cutting,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
The Accursed Trailer — Kevin Lewis‘ The Accursed (2022) movie trailer has been released by Screen Media Films. The Accursed trailer stars Mena Suvari, Sarah Grey, Sarah Dumont, Meg Foster, and Alexis Knapp. Crew Rob Kennedy wrote the screenplay for The Accursed. Plot Synopsis The Accursed‘s plot synopsis: “Elly (Sarah Grey) is asked by a family [...]
Continue reading: The Accursed (2022) Movie Trailer: Mena Suvari stars in Kevin Lewis’ Demonic Presence Horror Film...
Continue reading: The Accursed (2022) Movie Trailer: Mena Suvari stars in Kevin Lewis’ Demonic Presence Horror Film...
- 9/29/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the horror film The Accursed, from director Kevin Lewis (Willy’s Wonderland), which stars Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Sarah Grey (Power Rangers), Meg Foster (They Live) and Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect). The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company has slated the title, which is currently in post-production, for a theatrical day-and-date release this fall.
The Accursed follows a young woman who is forced to return home following the death of her mother. Consumed by guilt and desperate to escape the haunting visions playing out in her head, she takes a temporary caregiver position for a comatose, old lady living alone in the woods. It does not take long before she realizes that not all is as it seems, and that the old lady harbors a demonic secret; an evil secret that the old lady’s daughter is intent on passing on.
The Accursed follows a young woman who is forced to return home following the death of her mother. Consumed by guilt and desperate to escape the haunting visions playing out in her head, she takes a temporary caregiver position for a comatose, old lady living alone in the woods. It does not take long before she realizes that not all is as it seems, and that the old lady harbors a demonic secret; an evil secret that the old lady’s daughter is intent on passing on.
- 2/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Watch the Short Film Sleep Tight: "Josh is a young gamer confined to a wheelchair. He is also a teenager craving a bit more independence and wants to assert himself, especially with his father Frank, who is having a bit of a mid-life crisis himself.
One night Josh asks to keep the light on as his father helps him get to bed. Josh hopes to exercise a little autonomy in his life, but Frank resists, seeing the request as proof that Josh is still a young child in need. But as it turns out, when the lights go out, Josh discovers he's not alone -- and needs his dad more than ever.
Written and directed by Lewis Taylor, this horror-comedy is as much about a transition in a father-son relationship as it is about things that go bump in the night. But these weighty themes are offset by a stream of cheeky British wit,...
One night Josh asks to keep the light on as his father helps him get to bed. Josh hopes to exercise a little autonomy in his life, but Frank resists, seeing the request as proof that Josh is still a young child in need. But as it turns out, when the lights go out, Josh discovers he's not alone -- and needs his dad more than ever.
Written and directed by Lewis Taylor, this horror-comedy is as much about a transition in a father-son relationship as it is about things that go bump in the night. But these weighty themes are offset by a stream of cheeky British wit,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Kevin Lewis will follow up “Willy’s Wonderland” by directing “The Accursed,” a new horror movie about demonic possession that its creators predict will be like if “Sam Raimi and Dario Argento had a love child and James Wan was its uncle.”
Mena Suvari (“American Beauty”), Sarah Grey (Netflix’s “The Order” and DC’s “Legends of Tomorrow”), and Alexis Knapp (“Pitch Perfect” franchise) head up the cast, which also includes Meg Foster (“The Lords of Salem”) and Sarah Dumont (“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”). “Willy’s Wonderland,” an action-comedy horror film, became a pandemic era favorite when it was released on VOD and in limited theatrical release last February.
Rob Kennedy (“Midnight Man”) penned the screenplay for “The Accursed.” According to the official description, it centers on a young woman who faces a horrifying past. When her estranged mother dies by suicide, Elly (Grey) is forced to return home from volunteering as a nurse abroad.
Mena Suvari (“American Beauty”), Sarah Grey (Netflix’s “The Order” and DC’s “Legends of Tomorrow”), and Alexis Knapp (“Pitch Perfect” franchise) head up the cast, which also includes Meg Foster (“The Lords of Salem”) and Sarah Dumont (“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”). “Willy’s Wonderland,” an action-comedy horror film, became a pandemic era favorite when it was released on VOD and in limited theatrical release last February.
Rob Kennedy (“Midnight Man”) penned the screenplay for “The Accursed.” According to the official description, it centers on a young woman who faces a horrifying past. When her estranged mother dies by suicide, Elly (Grey) is forced to return home from volunteering as a nurse abroad.
- 7/19/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Dave Grohl talks about the impact of Washington D.C. hardcore legends Scream in a new bonus clip from the forthcoming home and video on-demand release of the documentary, Punk the Capital.
The film dives deep into the punk and hardcore scene that emerged and flourished in Washington D.C. between 1976 and 1983. Scream, who formed in 1981, were one of the most pivotal acts and their debut album, Still Screaming, was the first full-length LP released on Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson’s seminal Dischord Records.
In the clip, Grohl remembers...
The film dives deep into the punk and hardcore scene that emerged and flourished in Washington D.C. between 1976 and 1983. Scream, who formed in 1981, were one of the most pivotal acts and their debut album, Still Screaming, was the first full-length LP released on Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson’s seminal Dischord Records.
In the clip, Grohl remembers...
- 6/7/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Hello, readers—Happy Almost 2019! With a new year right around the corner, why not check out our final installment of Daily Dead Salutes Your Shorts series to close out 2018? We have another batch of intriguing horror shorts on tap for today, including Soundbite by Michael Coulombe, Rob Kennedy’s spookfest Sit Beside Me, and then Dakota Thomas is going to give us One Last Scare, and we round things out with Zena S. Dixon’s She.
We do hope you enjoy the shorts, and we’ll see you next year as we continue to celebrate short-form horror storytelling. Cheers!
Soundbite (Directed by Michael Coulombe)
Synopsis: Are you brave enough to listen?
Sit Beside Me (Directed by Rob Kennedy)
Synopsis: An usher trapped in a haunted movie theater...
One Last Scare (Directed by Dakota Thomas)
Synopsis: Vera Kerrington, a once-upon-a-time Scream Queen, comes fact to face with her biggest fan.
She (Directed by Zena S.
We do hope you enjoy the shorts, and we’ll see you next year as we continue to celebrate short-form horror storytelling. Cheers!
Soundbite (Directed by Michael Coulombe)
Synopsis: Are you brave enough to listen?
Sit Beside Me (Directed by Rob Kennedy)
Synopsis: An usher trapped in a haunted movie theater...
One Last Scare (Directed by Dakota Thomas)
Synopsis: Vera Kerrington, a once-upon-a-time Scream Queen, comes fact to face with her biggest fan.
She (Directed by Zena S.
- 12/28/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
"What's your fear?" the titular monster in Travis Zariwny's horror film The Midnight Man repeatedly asks his potential victims. The question is apparently intended to elicit information that he will use against them. The answers aren't particularly interesting, but audience members will probably want to reply, "Having to watch the rest of this terrible movie."
Like the filmmaker's wholly unnecessary 2016 remake of Eli Roth's cult horror classic Cabin Fever, The Midnight Man is also derivative. It's a remake of a 2013 Irish film of the same name, directed by Rob Kennedy, which was never released in America.
This...
Like the filmmaker's wholly unnecessary 2016 remake of Eli Roth's cult horror classic Cabin Fever, The Midnight Man is also derivative. It's a remake of a 2013 Irish film of the same name, directed by Rob Kennedy, which was never released in America.
This...
- 1/18/2018
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Right on the heels of his successful appearance at our Silver Scream Festival in Santa Rosa, Robert Englund has been cast opposite fan fave Lin Shaye (A Nightmare On Elm Street, Ouija, Insidious) in an indie horror flick called The Midnight Man, which is to be directed by Travis Z, who directed the recent Cabin Fever remake.
According to The Wrap, the film “is based on the old pagan ritual the Midnight Game, though it doubles as an American remake of Rob Kennedy’s low-budget 2013 feature of the same name that was made in Ireland.”
The story revolves around a girl and her friends who play the Midnight Game, which brings about the titular Midnight Man, who terrorizes them using their own fears against them.
In another corner of Hollyweird, the erstwhile Thelma Dickinson, Oscar winner Geena Davis, has been cast as Angela Rance in Fox’s upcoming series The Exorcist,...
According to The Wrap, the film “is based on the old pagan ritual the Midnight Game, though it doubles as an American remake of Rob Kennedy’s low-budget 2013 feature of the same name that was made in Ireland.”
The story revolves around a girl and her friends who play the Midnight Game, which brings about the titular Midnight Man, who terrorizes them using their own fears against them.
In another corner of Hollyweird, the erstwhile Thelma Dickinson, Oscar winner Geena Davis, has been cast as Angela Rance in Fox’s upcoming series The Exorcist,...
- 3/10/2016
- by Harker Jones
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
The organizers of the New York City Horror Film Festival have announced the winner of their first Killer Shorts Sudden Death Competition. Edward Kennedy and Rob Kennedy’s Wheels Of Death triumphed in the field of a dozen entries screened at New Jersey’s recent Monster Mania convention, co-sponsor of the contest along with FEARSmag.com.
A large audience voted Wheels Of Death into the winner’s circle, giving it an advance slot at this year’s NYC Horror Film Festival, which takes place November 18-22 at the Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street). Produced by Andrew Mahon and the Kennedys’ Dublin, Ireland-based First Quarter Films, Wheels is a horror/comedy about the trouble a girl named Wendy (Zena Al-Nazer) gets into after she gets into a hit-and-run with a bicycle cop. For more on the fest, including submission guidelines, visit its website linked above.
A large audience voted Wheels Of Death into the winner’s circle, giving it an advance slot at this year’s NYC Horror Film Festival, which takes place November 18-22 at the Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street). Produced by Andrew Mahon and the Kennedys’ Dublin, Ireland-based First Quarter Films, Wheels is a horror/comedy about the trouble a girl named Wendy (Zena Al-Nazer) gets into after she gets into a hit-and-run with a bicycle cop. For more on the fest, including submission guidelines, visit its website linked above.
- 9/2/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
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