Rick Kaplan
Richard N. Kaplan is an American television producer and author. He has worked with CBS, ABC, CNN/U.S., Fox Television, and MSNBC. Kaplan has served as an executive producer for programs featuring Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, and Christiane Amanpour.Kaplan began his broadcast journalism career at CBS WBBM-TV in Chicago. He worked for CBS until 1979. He then moved to ABC, where he served until 1997. He then served as the president of CNN/U.S. until 2000. He became senior vice president of ABC News in 2003 and was named president of MSNBC in February 2004. In June 2006, Kaplan resigned as president of MSNBC. The following year, he replaced Rome Hartman as executive producer of the ''CBS Evening News with Katie Couric''. In 2011, he was named executive producer of ''This Week with Christiane Amanpour'' and was put in charge of ABC News’s political coverage, including the 2012 election coverage and specials. In August 2012, Kaplan founded Kaplan Media Partners. He has received 30 Emmy Awards. Provided by Wikipedia
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