August 6, 2010 – Richard Stursberg, executive vice-president, English services, is leaving CBC/Radio-Canada effective today.
When Richard was appointed executive vice-president of CBC Television six years ago, he brought with him a revolution that shook the foundation of the organization and eventually the whole of our English services. He challenged every premise, attacked conventional wisdom, and uprooted whole parts of the internal culture. Six years later, the institution is better off than it was. “I want to acknowledge his success in turning CBC Television around and thank him for his contribution,” says Hubert T. Lacroix, president and CEO.
We are in the midst of developing a new strategic plan that will guide CBC/Radio-Canada through the next five years. This is the opportune time to bring new leadership to English services and to ensure alignment of the senior team on the future of the public broadcaster.
Kirstine Stewart, general manager, CBC Television, will take on the position of executive vice-president, English services, on an interim basis. As the architect of CBC Television’s current programming success and Richard Stursberg’s official delegate for the past few years, and with the support of a talented team, she’s well placed to ensure that CBC maintains the considerable momentum it currently enjoys.
A comprehensive internal and external recruitment process will be launched immediately.
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Why didn’t Lacroix fire Stursberg years ago?
Why wait till now?
Because he doesn’t know how to run a national cultural organization either. Frightening that it took this long, but Hubert also seems quite charmed by others in the organization.
Don’t the walls have ears?
Didn’t MotherCorp recording all of this?
Does anyone have the copy of the security video of Stursberg being escorted out of the building?
Has the job posting gone up yet?