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The search for a chief executive officer to replace Mel Karmazin at Sirius XM Radio Inc. could extend well into next year, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei said Tuesday. "We are both looking at internal and external candidates," Mr. Maffei said on a conference call following Liberty's third-quarter results announcement. "It's unlikely to be a one-month process. I would hope it would be six [months] or less."

NPR Executive Editor Dick Meyer is leaving the public radio network to lead BBC News America. Meyer’s appointment at BBC was announced Wednesday. Since 2009, he has been NPR’s executive editor, managing all news operations. His resignation follows the departure of NPR’s top news executive Ellen Weiss in January.

National Public Radio’s Michele Norris will step away from her hosting duties as host of All Things Considered after her husband took a job with the Obama campaign.

The man who helped bring "Sesame Street" to a global audience for the past 11 years will take over as president and CEO of NPR, the public radio network announced Sunday.