Richard Barclay Stursberg is a Canadian entertainment executive. He was

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/ Radio Canada from October 1, 2004 to August 6, 2010, narrated in his 2012 memoir ''

The Tower of Babble ''The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes inside the CBC'' is a Canadian non-fiction book written by Richard Stursberg. The book is a memoir detailing Stursberg's experience as the vice-president in charge of English services at the Ca ...

''.

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 Yantai, China, the son of Mary Ellen (née Shaw) and Walter Arthur Stursb ...

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

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from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public university, 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 se ...

. Stursberg has more than 25 years' experience in the entertainment, broadcasting, cable, telecommunications, and cultural industries, including terms as head of the

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from 1995 to 1999,

Star Choice Shaw Direct G.P. is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada and a subsidiary of the telecommunications company Rogers Communications. As of 2010, Shaw Direct had over 900,000 subscribers. It broadcasts on Ku band from two c ...

and

Cancom Shaw Satellite Services Inc., dba 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 ...

from 1999 to 2001 and

Telefilm Canada Telefilm Canada is a Canadian Crown corporation that supports Canada's audiovisual industry. Headquartered in Montreal, Telefilm Canada provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry with four regional offices in Vancouver, British Colu ...

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 mem ...

. He has been a director of

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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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