From NewsOne:
After close to 50 years of service in the media business, TV One President and CEO Johnathan Rodgers is retiring in June.
Under his leadership, the network, which serves nearly 53 million adults has become recognized as the quality programming alternative for African-Americans.
The award-winning cable network is available in 53 million homes and has seen the majority of its success come under the watchful eye of Rodgers.
Rodgers began his career as a journalist for 'Sports Illustrated' then moving on to work for NBC and CBS. After moving into media management, Rodgers eventually became an Executive Producer at CBS News and later the President of the CBS Television Stations group. In 1996, he joined the cable industry when he went to Discovery Communications as the President of the U.S. Networks group. He came to TV One in 2004.
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