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The user below has a request that an edit be made to C-SPAN. That user has an actual or apparent conflict of interest.
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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:

Extended content

References

^ Cite error: The named reference Stelter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Jeremy Barr (May 14, 2024). "Sam Feist, longtime CNN executive, will become CEO of CSPAN". Washington Post.
^ Stelter, Brian (March 18, 2012). "C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive". The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Barr, Jeremy (May 14, 2024). "Sam Feist, longtime CNN executive, will become CEO of C-SPAN". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
^ "Sam Feist". C-SPAN. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^ "C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb Retires After 47 Years". C-SPAN. August 30, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2025.

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).^[1] Swain and Kennedy were succeeded as CEO by Sam Feist, head of CNN's Washington D.C. news bureau, in 2024.^[2]^[3] Lamb retired in 2024 and was succeeded as chair by Patrick Esser.^[2]^[4]

References

^ Stelter, Brian (March 18, 2012). "C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive". The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Barr, Jeremy (May 14, 2024). "Sam Feist, longtime CNN executive, will become CEO of C-SPAN". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
^ "Sam Feist". C-SPAN. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^ "C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb Retires After 47 Years". C-SPAN. August 30, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2025.

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. @GRuban: 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)[reply]

[Stelter-1] Cite error: The named reference Stelter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] Jeremy Barr (May 14, 2024). "Sam Feist, longtime CNN executive, will become CEO of CSPAN". Washington Post.

[BrianStelter-3] Stelter, Brian (March 18, 2012). "C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive". The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.

[WaPoBarr-4] Barr, Jeremy (May 14, 2024). "Sam Feist, longtime CNN executive, will become CEO of C-SPAN". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2025.

[5] "Sam Feist". C-SPAN. Retrieved April 7, 2024.

[6] "C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb Retires After 47 Years". C-SPAN. August 30, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2025.

[BrianStelter-7] Stelter, Brian (March 18, 2012). "C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive". The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.

[WaPoBarr-8] Barr, Jeremy (May 14, 2024). "Sam Feist, longtime CNN executive, will become CEO of C-SPAN". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2025.

[9] "Sam Feist". C-SPAN. Retrieved April 7, 2024.

[10] "C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb Retires After 47 Years". C-SPAN. August 30, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2025.

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