Bill Martens
Bill Martens was named vice president and general manager of CBSNews.com in 2012.
Prior to that Martens had been vice president of product since 2008, responsible for product strategy and management of CBS News products across all digital platforms, including the flagship website CBSNews.com, as well as mobile applications such as 60 Minutes, CBS This Morning and 48 Hours.
Martens joined CBS Digital Media as director of business development for CBSNews.com in 2005. In that capacity, he played an integral role in securing and implementing partnerships for CBSNews.com and CBS Interactive.
Previously, Martens was director of text strategy and development at Reuters, where he was responsible for newswire strategy and development in the Media Group (2002-05).
Before that, Martens was the markets editor at the Asia Times (1995-97). He also served as a senior analyst for MBIA, a financial services company (1997-99). While there, Martens was part of a group that helped advise Asian governments and financial institutions on the development of the region's structured finance markets.
He was born in Norfolk, Va. Martens was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994 with a B.A. in English Literature and from Columbia University in 2002 with an M.B.A and a Masters degree in international affairs.
Copyright 2005 CBS. All rights reserved. Prior to that Martens had been vice president of product since 2008, responsible for product strategy and management of CBS News products across all digital platforms, including the flagship website CBSNews.com, as well as mobile applications such as 60 Minutes, CBS This Morning and 48 Hours.
Martens joined CBS Digital Media as director of business development for CBSNews.com in 2005. In that capacity, he played an integral role in securing and implementing partnerships for CBSNews.com and CBS Interactive.
Previously, Martens was director of text strategy and development at Reuters, where he was responsible for newswire strategy and development in the Media Group (2002-05).
Before that, Martens was the markets editor at the Asia Times (1995-97). He also served as a senior analyst for MBIA, a financial services company (1997-99). While there, Martens was part of a group that helped advise Asian governments and financial institutions on the development of the region's structured finance markets.
He was born in Norfolk, Va. Martens was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994 with a B.A. in English Literature and from Columbia University in 2002 with an M.B.A and a Masters degree in international affairs.
CBS This Morning's piece on the Iditarod was totally unbalanced, which distorted the true picture of the race. There was no mention that this race kills dogs just about every year; at least 143 to date.
Isn't CBS aware that one dog died this year at a rest stop, left out in a snow storm, with three dozen other dogs? Dog deaths average more than three per race. Six dogs died in 2009.
More than half the dogs did not finish the race which happens every year. According to the Iditarod website, 649 dogs did not make it to the finish, which is 62% of the 1040 dogs who started. The dogs were dropped due to injury, exhaustion, or not wanting to continue. No musher finished with all 16 of their dogs and some finished with only 7 dogs.
It is cruel to have such a long, (the distance between Maine and Florida) treacherous, unnecessary race when over half the dogs cannot finish, at the proven risk of injury, exhaustion, or death.
In the interest of fair reporting it would be appropriate to do a piece that at least includes facts from the other side.
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