Talk:C-SPAN

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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:

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.

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. Template:Ping 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

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  • Remove Template:Xt. This was almost 25 years ago and that phrase may be more confusing than helpful for readers.

Senate and House of Representatives

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  • 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 Template:Xt 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

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  • Peter Slen is the host of Q&A. This Cablefax article confirms that he took over in 2024

Organization and operations

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  • 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: Template:Xt

• 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

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}} 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:

• 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! Template:Ping 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)