# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-w-friendly
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:37:51.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-w-friendly"
name: "Fred W. Friendly"
slug: "fred-w-friendly"
description: "Fred W. Friendly was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels."
tagline: "President of CBS News (1964-1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_Friendly_1961_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1915-10-30"
deathDate: "1998-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.76
  momentum:             1.103988603988604
  historical:           7.522790666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295562/"
    handle:    "nm0295562"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1100920"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "فرد دبليو. فريندلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "فرد دبليو. فريندلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_W._Friendly"
    title: "Fred W. Friendly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_W._Friendly"
    title: "Fred W. Friendly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_W._Friendly"
    title: "Fred W. Friendly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_W._Friendly"
    title: "Fred W. Friendly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fred_W._Friendly"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339631"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1225823"
    title: "Fred W. Friendly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump