The chief executive of National Public Radio has left the organization after a number of disputes with the Board of Directors, reports The Washington Post.

The board declined to renew Ken Stern’s contract yesterday, a decision that NPR did not discuss with the newspaper but that some people at NPR attribute to disputes between Mr. Stern and the board members over new and expanded programs.

Dennis L. Haarsager, the board’s chairman and general manager of Northwest Public Radio, will take over for Mr. Stern until the organization finds a permanent replacement.

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