Final Episode of The Communicators to Air July 31

The final episode of C-SPAN’s The Communicators will run July 31, the network said in an email Friday. “Programs and series run their life cycle and staffing changes, and new priorities are taking us in a different direction,” said a spokesperson. “We currently have no plans for new series, but C-SPAN will certainly bring communications and tech policymakers and media on our Washington Journal when warranted,” emailed C-SPAN Vice President-Affiliate Relations Peter Kiley. The show ran for nearly 800 episodes, beginning in late 2005 with an interview of then-Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., Kiley said. The latest episode of the show was to run Saturday, featuring Steven Feldstein, author of The Rise of Digital Repression. The final episode's guest has yet to be booked, the spokesperson told us.