Richard Barclay Stursberg is a Canadian entertainment executive. He was

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of CBC/

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from October 1, 2004 to August 6, 2010, narrated in his 2012 memoir '' The Tower of Babble''.

Life and career

Richard Stursberg was born in London, England and grew up in New York where his father was working as a United Nations correspondent. He is the son of Jessamy Anderson (née Robertson) and broadcaster/writer

Peter Stursberg Arthur Lewis Peter Stursberg, known as Peter Stursberg, (August 31, 1913 – August 31, 2014), was a Canadian writer and broadcaster. Life and career Stursberg was born in Chefoo, China, the son of Mary Ellen (née Shaw) and Walter Arthur Stur ...

. His father was born in China of German, English, and Japanese descent. Stursberg has a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning Wo ...

. Stursberg has more than 25 years' experience in the entertainment, broadcasting, cable, telecommunications, and cultural industries, including terms as head of the Canadian Cable Television Association from 1995 to 1999, Star Choice and

Cancom Shaw Broadcast Services (French: Services de Radiodiffusion Shaw) is the division of Canadian telecommunications company Shaw Communications that is responsible for providing and managing the distribution of television channels to cable companies ...

from 1999 to 2001 and

Telefilm Canada Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation reporting to Canada's federal government through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Headquartered in Montreal, Telefilm provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry with four regional offices in ...

from 2001 to 2004. Stursberg is a member of the executive committee of the

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is a representative body for public service broadcasters throughout the Commonwealth, founded in 1945. A not-for-profit non-government organisation, the CBA is funded by subscriptions from 102 me ...

. He has been a director of

PEN Canada PEN Canada is one of the 148 centres of PEN International. Founded in 1926, it has a membership of over 1,000 writers and supporters who campaign on behalf of writers around the world who are persecuted, imprisoned and exiled for exercising their ...

since 2015, and became president of the board in 2017. In 2009, Stursberg married

Carole MacNeil Carole MacNeil is a Canadian television journalist, known for her work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation which spanned over thirty years. MacNeil began her career anchoring local news programs in New Brunswick and Ontario in the early ...

, a CBC news anchor.

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Meet Mother Corp.'s Daddy Dearest (Toronto ''Globe and mail'' reference, not found 2 Jan. 2022
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