Career
Stringer moved to the United States in 1965. After six weeks he was drafted into the United States Army, serving a year of his two years services in the Vietnam War. He returned to CBS, where Stringer had a 30 year career. He started in a series of lowly jobs, including answering backstage phones for The Ed Sullivan Show. He then became a journalist, producer and senior executive. He served as president of CBS from 1988 to 1995, where he was responsible for all the broadcast activities of its entertainment, news, sports, radio and television stations.
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