Rich Boehne Interview

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Mike talks to E.W. Scripps President and CEO Rich Boehne about how the news business has changed, why Scripps is investing in podcasts, the difficulty of being well-informed without getting overwhelmed, covering Donald Trump, and lots more.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.0	Welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
1:12.0	Today on this show, I'm talking to Rich Bainey, who's chairman of the board, president, and CEO of the E.W. Scripps, a media giant with 2015 revenues of $3 billion, owns 33 television and 34 radio stations operating in 17 states, reaching one out of every five U.S. households.
1:17.5	Before joining the Scripps corporate staff in 1988, Mr. Baney was a business reporter and editor at the Cincinnati Post. He's also on the board of directors of the Associated Press,
1:22.7	the world's leading news organization. Rich Baney, welcome to the politics guys.
1:28.5	Good morning. And thanks for having me. You know, you've been, if my calculations are correct, you've been in the news
1:34.0	business now for over 40 years and you've been a top executive for over 20. So you certainly
1:39.9	have a wealth of experience. And the first question that comes to mind for me is, what would you
1:46.3	say have been the biggest changes in the business over that time? Oh, well, the changes in the
1:51.5	business have been dramatic. It just so happens. I'm a member of a generation of media professionals
1:59.9	and journalists who started our career right around the time of Watergate and all the president's men.
2:07.1	In fact, I entered school at Northern Kentucky University in the fall of 1974 at the time when all kinds of kids wanted to go to journalism school because they had
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