Ron Schiller, Out At NPR, Won’t Be Heading To Aspen After All

by Mark Joyella | 12:13 pm, March 9th, 2011

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Ron Schiller, the NPR executive who resigned in the wake of this week’s undercover video scandal, has announced that he’s backing out of his new job–which he accepted ahead of the controversy–as director of the Harman-Eisner Artist-in-Residence Program at the Aspen Insitute.

Poynter’s Jim Romenesko reports Aspen Institute communications director Jim Spiegelman sent an e-mail saying “Ron Schiller has informed us that, in light of the controversy surrounding his recent statements, he does not feel that it’s in the best interests of the Aspen Institute for him to come work here.”

Schiller’s move to the Aspen Institute had been announced earlier this year, with a news release that has now been yanked off the Institute’s website. Slate published the release on its site today:

“Ron Schiller embraces and lives the values that we share as a community,” said Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson, “I am very pleased that he has agreed to join us to help us build a strong and vibrant arts program, the kind of program that we believe is central to the Institute’s origins and to its mission.”

In accepting this position, Schiller said, “I am thrilled to join the Aspen Institute community. The Institute—with its history, its leadership, and its association with a community known around the world for its commitment to and leadership in the arts—is extremely well-positioned to make a major contribution to the arts both in America and abroad, exploring both in the arts and through the arts some of the most important and fascinating challenges and opportunities facing our society.”

Sidney Harman, Institute trustee, chairman of the Committee on the Arts and co-benefactor of the Harman-Eisner Artist-in-Residence Program said: “With the appointment of Ron Schiller, we are positioned to further integrate the arts––all the arts––into everything we do. The arts should be, and will be, organic/intrinsic in all Aspen Institute activities. We expect that with Ron’s engagement, the Institute will take leadership in proselytizing the arts throughout America and the world.”

Aspen Institute, jim romenesko, NPR, ron schilling, Slate

timzank

Hey Ron, just call the DNC, they’ll have a spot for you. Or CAIR, hell they’ll love ya!
Latin2

Van Jones said worse, yet he as a cush job.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Both Schiller’s are now gone from NPR. Mediaite has a Shill that is still here, Tommy Christopher.

Juan Williams is laughing all the way to the bank. NPR is liberal radio all the time.
mitchflorida

Double ouch!
notsofast

So they got rid of the CEO Shiller who was behind Juan Williams’ firing as well.

I guess you could say Juan Williams had his own “Schiller’s List!”

LOL
Darwin Akbar

“Mr. Schiller, there’s a Mr. Olbermann holding for you on line one.”
timzank

The PLO can always use someone with your er..talents & beliefs.
Nachi

NOTSO: Has anyone ever told you that you are VERY attractive???
Neutron

After trying to fool the interviewers with what he thought was the right thing to say to them for a donation, he was the one that got fooled. Interesting what people will do for $5 million. He didn’t get the $5 million and lost two jobs in the process. That’s real karma.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

Until things die down, I’m sure he thinks that he’d be a distraction for the company and his fundraising abilities limited, plus if he has a house in Aspen and is selling another in DC, one would assume that he may not need the money.
Dem4Ever

Poynter’s Jim Romenesko reports Aspen Institute communications director Jim Spiegelman sent an e-mail saying “Ron Schiller has informed us that, in light of the controversy surrounding his recent statements, he does not feel that it’s in the best interests of the Aspen Institute for him to come work here.”

Translation:

Poynter’s Jim Romenesko reports Aspen Institute communications director Jim Spiegelman sent an e-mail saying “Ron Schiller is no longer welcome to work here.”
eingriff

Wouldn’t his presence derogate any respectable organization?

Glad he confirms Jews run the media; I had feared the media were poorly run.
my dogs gone

Schiller’s view of the Tea Party is not unique outside their little cult.
(PS- Don’t tell Beck. No need to stop the Pied Piper from walking off the cliff.)
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

@Dem4Ever: Aspen is a relatively small town with only about 6,000 permanent residents, so it’s one of those places where everyone knows or recognizes every one else. It’d stand to reason that considering the size of the town and the fact that they probably run in the same social circles, Mr Spiegelman and Mr Schiller are likely friends and it was a mutual decision.
notsofast

Nachi said:
NOTSO: Has anyone ever told you that you are VERY attractive???

All the time, gorilla face!
Laker

Let’s just hope he will crawl back under the rock where he came from and will never be heard of again.
Georgia999

Ahhhhhh ! Karma…..how sweet it is to see “what goes around comes around”.
Dem4Ever

Magister said:
@Dem4Ever: Aspen is a relatively small town with only about 6,000 permanent residents, so it’s one of those places where everyone knows or recognizes every one else. It’d stand to reason that considering the size of the town and the fact that they probably run in the same social circles, Mr Spiegelman and Mr Schiller are likely friends and it was a mutual decision.

Then they should have said THAT, but they didn’t!
chicgoods10

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