Talk:C-SPAN

Leadership updates

Template:Edit COI/answered Hi editors, I'm Robin and I work for Beutler Ink. On behalf of C-SPAN, I am requesting some updates to the last paragraph of the Channel expansion and access subsection. Those changes are as follows:

References

Here's what it would look like all together:

In 2012, Lamb became executive chair of C-SPAN; Susan Swain and Robert Kennedy succeeded him as co-chief executive officers (CEO). Swain and Kennedy were succeeded as CEO by Sam Feist, head of CNN's Washington D.C. news bureau, in 2024. Lamb retired in 2024 and was succeeded as chair by Patrick Esser.

References

Here's why I'm requesting these changes:

• The current paragraph isn't accurate. Lamb did not semi-retire. He became chair of the board. The sourcing used and other sourcing available does not support a statement of semi-retirement
• The paragraph uses some future-looking and otherwise non-encyclopedic language related to the succession of Sam Feist. My proposed replacement makes it clear the succession has happened, rather than talking in announcements which goes against WP:CRYSTALBALL
• The paragraph's sourcing is not correct, and the cited Stelter piece says nothing about the succession at C-SPAN. I suspect this is just due to a similarity in the ref name to a different Stelter source. I have made a sourcing update so that sources match the content

Because I have a conflict of interest, I will avoid making direct changes to the article.

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Template:Redirect category shell would you have any interest in reviewing this request since you reviewed my Susan Swain requests? Please let me know what you think! Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 19:21, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done Ilovefood123123 (talk) 10:10, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Template:Replyto Thank you! BINK Robin (talk) 20:55, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Small updates

Hi editors, for my next request I propose a series of small updates that I think will improve the article:

Infobox

• Add "Key people" field, list Sam Feist as CEO in field

Channel expansion and access

• C-SPAN3, the most recent expansion channel, began full-time operations on January 22, 2001.
  • Remove the most recent expansion channel. This was almost 25 years ago and that phrase may be more confusing than helpful for readers.

Senate and House of Representatives

• C-SPAN2, the first of the C-SPAN spin-off networks, provides uninterrupted live coverage of the United States Senate.
  • Change "spin-off" to "sister". It's not accurate to describe C-SPAN2 as a spin-off network, the source does not use that language either. The Wrap refers to it as a sister network. Alternatively, the phrase the first of the C-SPAN spin-off networks could be removed entirely as I believe it being the first sister network is covered in the History section

C-SPAN and C-SPAN2 flagship programs

• On the weekend schedule, C-SPAN's main program is Q&A, a Sunday evening interview program hosted by Susan Swain
  • Peter Slen is the host of Q&A. This Cablefax article confirms that he took over in 2024

Organization and operations

• C-SPAN has for many years led by co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain. Founder and former CEO Brian Lamb serves as the executive chairman of the board of directors.
• On May 14, 2024, the C-SPAN board of directors announced that longtime CNN executive Sam Feist would become the new CEO. This announcement followed a national search initiated after Swain and Kennedy announced they would be retiring. Swain will stay on as CEO until Feist officially begins his duties in the summer of 2024.
  • Remove both of the above. This information is outdated and was changed with my last edit request.
  • If editors like, a new sentence could be added about the current leadership: C-SPAN is led by CEO Sam Feist and board chair Patrick Esser.

• Reference #1 above is not rendering because it is already named in the live article

Please let me know what you think! Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 20:55, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done I think it would also help if the figures were updated, thanks.Ilovefood123123 (talk) 01:43, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Template:Replyto thanks! I will get to work on that table/those figures. Is it okay to ping you when they're ready for review? BINK Robin (talk) 18:53, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

That’s totally fine. Ilovefood123123 (talk) 03:39, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

NCSC infobox

Template:Edit COI/request Hi editors, I have gone through the sources I could find to update the NCSC infobox in the Organization and operations section, and this is what I came up with:

References

• Source 2 is this Washington Post article. It is already a named reference in the live article

Due to how tax documents work for nonprofits, the data for staff and revenue is a bit older, but still about a decade more current than what is in the article now.

A few other changes I made:

• Removed the founding date. I couldn't find the source used to support it, and I couldn't verify it through alternative sources
• Removed the tax ID. This seemed like WP:TMI to me, but if editors prefer to keep it we can certainly add it back/retain it. It is confirmed by the 990 and doesn't need a new source
• Removed "nonprofit organization" from the legal status field. This is covered by the wikilink to a 501c3 and tightens up the infobox a bit
• Removed headquarters, replaced with location and founding location – again, I could not find that source, and the 990s don't confirm a headquarters in DC (though that would be a reasonable assumption), only that the NCSC has a location there from which to send legal documents. For maximum accuracy and verifiability, I removed the HQ field
• Removed Affiliations field. The C-SPAN Education Foundation isn't notable in and of itself. If editors prefer to keep the affiliation it is confirmed by the 990 and doesn't need a new source.
• Changed chairman/president field to key people and updated it with the current CEO and chair, consistent with my other edit requests
• Changed inline citations to footnotes in the table, for a cleaner look

Let me know what you think!

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Template:Redirect category shell pinging you based on our earlier conversation about this in case you still want to review. Cheers BINK Robin (talk) 15:53, 16 June 2025 (UTC)