Scarbrough Named VP/GM Of Marketplace
• Marketplace, the largest business news franchise in the U.S., produced and distributed by American Public Media (APM), announced Neal Scarbrough will be its new Vice President and General Manager. Scarbrough will oversee a team of broadcast and digital journalists, editors and producers across radio and on demand in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, London and Shanghai.
Scarbrough joins Marketplace from FOX Sports, where he served as VP & Executive Editor since 2016. Scarbrough has held many leadership positions during his career, including executive producer, operations chief, news director, sports editor and digital general manager. He directed broadcast operations for the New England Sports Network (NESN), served as Sr. Executive Producer at Aljazeera America, VP of Digital Media for Comcast’s Versus Sports Network, and was part of the Denver Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for its coverage of the Columbine tragedy. He also earned the Online Journalism Award for General Excellence when he was Editor-in-Chief at ESPN.com in 2003.
“We are excited for Neal to come on board as Marketplace’s new VP/GM,” said Dave Kansas, President of American Public Media. “He has an extensive background in media, broadcast journalism and a strong track record when it comes to innovation, program development and building audiences. In addition, Neal is a proven culture leader, with a deep devotion to diversity and inclusion. We are excited to have him joining the APM leadership team and look forward to adding his gifts and talents to all that we do at Marketplace and APM.”
Scarbrough remarked, “What we thought we knew about our economy changes every day, and Marketplacehas established a gold standard using interviews and storytelling to make real sense of it to real people. It’s a big win for me to be able to work with such a dynamic collection of talent, producers and editors. Our job is to package this essential information for new audiences in new places and to keep introducing our followers to the emerging voices that are shaping our ever-changing economy.” Scarbrough will begin his new role at Marketplace in late September/early October. [Photo of Neal Scarbrough, courtesy of Neal Scarbrough]
