Sony Names Stringer CEO
Sir Howard Stringer will head the Japanese electronics giant.
Updated from 6:20 p.m. EST
Sony
(SNE) - Get Report
has named Sir Howard Stringer chairman and chief executive.
Stringer, 62, a former journalist, was once an Emmy Award-winning producer at CBS. He produced the CBS
Evening News
with Dan Rather from 1981 to 1984 and later was CBS president. The Welsh-born Stringer currently directs Sony USA.
Stringer replaces Nobuyuki Idei, and Ryoji Chubachi takes over as president from Kunitake Ando, the company announced.
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