Warner Bros. Discovery’s search for an outsider to run CNN has taken it to two high-profile veterans of the BBC. The news broke last week that a leading contender for the job is Mark Thompson, the former New York Times and BBC chief. But the company has also spoken to another prominent British journalist, James Harding, who led BBC News from 2013 to 2017 and then founded the British digital media outlet Tortoise.
James Harding
March 28, 2024
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