Time Warner brass is succession planning at CNN, but no one’s walking the plank just yet. Senior management is putting together a short list of potential candidates to run CNN Worldwide to end the ratings death spiral at the flagship news channel, several sources confirm.
After recent moves failed to lift viewership, executives of the cable news pioneer are said to be under intense pressure from corporate leaders at Time Warner to turn things around.
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TaxMasters, the heavily advertised “tax resolution” company that filed for bankruptcy last month, has left several big media companies, as well as its clients and law firms, holding an empty bag.
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN suspended political analyst Roland Martin on Wednesday for “offensive” tweets during the Super Bowl that some critics said were anti-gay. Martin commented on Twitter about […]
CNN will launch two new morning shows Monday, a week ahead of CBS’s revamped morning show. Early Start with Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin will air weekdays at 5-7 a.m., followed by Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien, which will air from 7 to 9.
Fox News, MSNBC and CNN plan to cover the one-night Iowa caucus for a stretch of several days, maximizing both their investments in the state and the ratings potential of a Republican presidential campaign.
LONDON (AP) — CNN star interviewer Piers Morgan will talk about his former job as editor of one of Britain’s troubled tabloids at a judge-led inquiry into the practices of […]
AS-10 Strives To Streamline Video Handling
Engineers are betting the new video metadata specification under development within the Advanced Media Workflow Association will result in seamless interoperability of software and devices from a variety of vendors. “Our goal is to have a single file that could move from camera to edit to playout to archive and back, really to be able to traverse the entire work flow,” says CNN’s Michael Koetter. Part of the vision is a certification program that would allow vendors to put an “AS-10 Inside” seal on their products.
WMAQ Anchor Zoraida Sambolin Leaving For CNN
News networks aired images of what was believed to be the corpse of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi after Libya’s transitional government said the former despot was dead. CBS, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC aired Al-Jazeera video of what appeared to be his body, after a warning that it was graphic.
Stephen Arnold Music has composed a musical theme for Erin Burnett OutFront, CNN’s newest offering. The weeknight news show airs at 7 p.m. ET. The composition is another in a […]
The watchdog group Media Matters for America said in a report Wednesday that only 4% of the people brought on to talk about the debt ceiling issue on CNN, Fox […]
Music production company Stephen Arnold Music has created music for CNN’s 9/11—Ten Years Later. The news network will use the music in a range of shows and promotions during the […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — CNN has acquired Zite, a personalized digital magazine for the iPad tablet computer. Zite learns about its readers’ tastes and tries to appeal to them with […]
U.S. television networks have increased their staffing in Somalia and Kenya in recent days amid what the United Nations calls a worsening humanitarian crisis there.
CNN said it is standing by television host Piers Morgan amid growing media scrutiny over his past as a tabloid editor in Britain, where a widening scandal over reporting tactics has led to a re-examination of the tabloid-newspaper industry.
