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story. At a staff meeting, the Washington Post later reported, "Mohn was pelted with angry comments about his failure to act in the face of multiple allegations that Oreskes had acted inappropriately toward women for years." On Nov. 7, 2017, Mohn wrote in an email to NPR's staff, "In retrospect, I
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by transforming Movietime, a movie trailer service with 8 million subscribers, into a fully distributed, profitable enterprise worth over $ 1 billion covering all aspects of the entertainment industry. Mohn served as its president and CEO from 1990 to 1998. He was also founding president and CEO of
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and the burgeoning medium of podcasting.  Reversing years of losses, the management team delivered five years in a row of record ratings, revenues and surpluses. In 2019 he stepped down becoming president emeritus, NPR Foundation board member and co-chair of NPR's 50th-anniversary capital
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Mohn joined NPR as CEO on July 1, 2014, the seventh CEO in eight years. He came into an organization that had five years of net losses over the prior six years. Under his watch, NPR focused on rebuilding trust with member stations, investing in tentpole newsmagazines
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argued that Mohn's handling of the allegations showed that he was more concerned with the appearance of impropriety than the possible harm caused to employees. "NPR sullied its reputation in its very attempts to protect it," author Bill Grueskin wrote.
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He manages The Mohn Family Foundation, which supports philanthropic missions in Los Angeles for social justice, civil liberties (ACLU of Southern California), public radio (NPR, KPCC, KCRW, KPCW in Park City, Utah, and WNYC New York) and the arts
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He has also been a corporate director and advisor to a number of media companies, making direct early-stage angel and seed investments in digital media/technology ventures. Mohn made over 60 early-stage venture investments, including in
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in 2008. He spent 12 years on the board of The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, including six as its chair.
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did not see the bigger pattern of poor judgment and unacceptable behavior." He added, "I am sorry, and I have learned from this."
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Mohn spent almost 20 years in radio, working mostly as a disc jockey under the name Lee Masters, including two years at
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Mohn was aware of at least some of the sexual misconduct allegations against Oreskes prior to the publication of the
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He and his wife fund the "Made in LA" exhibits and the Mohn Award for artistic excellence at The Hammer Museum.
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and Made In LA Biennial; LA County Museum of Art (Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass), MOCA, LAXART, ICA-LA, and
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Mohn had hired Oreskes for that position in 2015. The allegations were first reported on Oct. 31, 2017 by the
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in Louisville, and he later served as general manager of a group of radio stations owned by
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During Mohn's time as CEO of NPR, the organization's senior vice president for news,
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From 1986 until 1990 Mohn served as executive vice president and general manager at
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Mohn and his wife Pamela Mohn married in 1983. They have two grown daughters.
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Mohn was the chair of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California for 15 years.
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Simpson, April; Editor, Former Associate (21 February 2018).
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Service, Peter J. Boyer, New York Times News (19 May 1988).
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In the early 2000s, Mohn served on the board of trustees of
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for more than a decade, including two years as chairman.
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Venture capital investor, art collector, philanthropist
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Shifts Focus to Wireless" 406:Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee 472: 209:hired Mohn to work as a programmer for 1220: 1210: 662: 622:"Former Louisville DJ now CEO of NPR" 436:Charitable activities and foundations 7: 351:Sexual harassment controversy at NPR 217:: KLOZ and KISO in El Paso, TX, and 647:"MTV CHANGES IMAGE-BUT GAME SHOWS?" 761:. Southern California Public Radio 34:tone or style may not reflect the 14: 710:"Chief of E! Entertainment Quits" 584:Sallie Hofmeister (2005-06-20). 263:Southern California Public Radio 44:guide to writing better articles 23: 1241:Hanson, Sarah P. (2014-08-11). 850:Mullin, Benjamin (2018-12-04). 825:Elizabeth Jensen (2014-05-09). 784:communicationleadership.usc.edu 289:. He was a board member of the 257:Angel investor and board member 1393:American television executives 1293:Vankin, Deborah (2021-07-15). 958:Collins, Bob (November 2017). 1: 1268:Adam, Georgina (2019-02-08). 1035:Stelter, Brian (2017-11-03). 806:. 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David Martin Davies
Trenton, New Jersey
NPR
venture capital investor
NPR
emeritus
Trenton, New Jersey
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Mathematics
Philosophy
Temple University
WNBC
New York City
Clarance Henson
WLRS
Henson Broadcasting
WAVG
Louisville, Kentucky
MTV
VH1
E! Entertainment Television
Liberty Digital
Southern California Public Radio
StubHub
FreshPet
Oxygen Media

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