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The offer went out to 600 U.S.-based employees who are over 55 and have worked at the company for at least 10 years, excluding on-air talent and others with specific contracts.

CNN chief Jeff Zucker recently shared not so encouraging words with some of the news operation’s employees, many of whom have been bracing for potential jobs cuts. “We are going to do less and have to do it with less,” Zucker said during a call-in to a news meeting last week. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently received a partial transcript of the call from a Turner employee who asked not to be identified.

As rumors swirl that David Gregory could be replaced as host of NBC’s Meet the Press, the embattled anchor may already be lining up his next move: He was seen meeting at CNN last Thursday.

The cable news operation’s SVP of media technology and development is busy these days overseeing enhancements to CNN’s Media Source media asset management system with the integration of the Adobe Anywhere collaboration platform. He’s also looking at the importance of metadata, the evolution of cellular bonded systems and the potential of 4K and drones.

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If Fox is successful in buying Time Warner, Rupert Murdoch will likely sell CNN, which CBS is eyeing. Industry watchers, however, say analysts are undervaluing the news network, which is very profitable despite ratings woes.

NEW YORK (AP) — To get back into television, John Walsh had to relinquish some of the control that he’d grown used to. Walsh, who chased fugitives for 26 years, […]

Seeking to speed up government rulemaking about the use of drones in newsgathering, CNN and the Georgia Institute of Technology have announced they will jointly study how to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) safely and effectively. In a news release today, the partners called it a “research initiative” and said they will share data with the Federal Aviation Authority “as it considers regulations that will allow for the safe and effective operation of UAVs by media outlets.”

NEW YORK (AP) — When CNN first signed on, it was greeted by a chorus of skeptics. Not just doubt about Ted Turner’s vow that his all-news network would be […]

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s Don Lemon braced himself after being recognized by a viewer on a Harlem street. “I don’t always agree with you,” the person began, ominously. “But […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two CNN producers have been released without bail after being accused of trying to breach security at the World Trade Center site. Connor Fieldman Boals and […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — CNN’s prime-time talk show “Piers Morgan Live” is coming to an end, the news channel said Sunday. Morgan, who succeeded Larry King in the 9 p.m. […]

Victor Hernandez, CNN’s program manager for editorial systems, says the news organization is on the lookout for the kind of journalists who have digital versatility coded into their DNA. In part two of a two-part interview with NetNewsCheck, Hernandez discusses those qualities, particularly the rising role of curators who can separate the signals from the unfiltered noise that can drown a newsroom in too much information. Read part one here. Full Story | Add comment

Victor Hernandez, CNN’s program manager for editorial systems, says wearable technology such as Google Glass is coming and media companies would do well to see it intertwined with users’ behavior on their other screens. Hernandez also says that user-generated content has been elevated to a new level of importance, holding an equal footing with the network’s professional journalism.

Twitter and CNN have teamed up with Dataminr to launch Dataminr for News, a new alert system that promises to help newsrooms quickly and accurately identify breaking news and verifiable sources on Twitter.

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is reviving its “Inside Politics” show with John King as host and adding it to the network’s Sunday morning lineup. The network said Thursday that […]