Currently

  • Executive Chairman/Founder of Mississippi Today, investing over $7 million in digital-first journalism
  • Architect of Deep South Today, creating a network of nonprofit newsrooms
  • Advisor and producer for emerging digital media ventures

Breaking The Deadlock (2024-Present)

  • Executive Producer of series for PBS: Breaking the Deadlock.  Inspired by Fred Friendly’s PBS series “Ethics in America,” a moderator and panel of thought leaders seek to explore ethical decision making around challenging real life scenarios.

CBS News (1976-1993)

  • Producer for “60 Minutes” under Don Hewitt (1977)
  • Executive producer of “CBS Reports” (1978-1985)
  • Creator and Executive producer of “West 57th” (1985-1989)
  • Created groundbreaking documentaries including:

“The Boat People” (1980)
“The Defense of the United States” with Walter Cronkite (1981)
“Inside Afghanistan” (1988)
“The Real Malcolm X: An Intimate Portrait of the Man” (1992)

NBC News (1993-2001)

  • Appointed President of NBC News in 1993
  • Led NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw to #1 ratings
  • Expanded Dateline NBC to multiple nights
  • Revolutionized Today show with street-side Studio 1A
  • Co-founded MSNBC with Microsoft partnership
  • Promoted to NBC President and COO in 2001

Sony Music Entertainment (2003-2008)

  • Chairman and CEO during digital transformation
  • Orchestrated Sony-BMG merger creating world’s second-largest music company
  • Signed Bruce Springsteen to $110 million contract
  • Launched SonyBMG Films division
  • Produced “Cadillac Records” starring Beyoncé and Adrien Brody

Bloomberg Media Group (2008-2014)

  • CEO and later Chairman of Bloomberg Media Group
  • Expanded global reach across 11 television channels
  • Doubled revenue while reducing operational costs
  • Enhanced digital and radio properties

First CEO of Broadcasting Board of Governors (2015)

  • Oversaw all U.S. international media operations
  • Supervised:

Voice of America
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Radio Free Asia
Middle East Broadcasting Networks

  • Managed broadcasting reaching 215 million people worldwide
  • Modernized international broadcasting operations

Return to NBC News (2015-2020)

  • Chairman of NBC News and MSNBC
  • Appointed Lester Holt as the new anchor of the NBC Nightly News
  • Created The 11th Hour with Brian Williams on MSNBC prime time, which became #1 in its time period
  • Revitalized NBC domestic and global operations
  • Unified digital operations
  • Launched NBC News NOW

Learn more about Andrew Lack.