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‘CNN This Morning’ Moving to Atlanta, Staffers Asked to Reapply for Jobs
CNN has told staff it is moving its much-hyped Chris Licht era morning show, This Morning, from New York to its Atlanta headquarters, two people familiar with the matter have told The Hollywood Reporter. The show’s 50-person team have been told they can reapply for jobs within the network, according to the people familiar. Phil […]
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As CNN Rebuilds Original Series Unit, It Sets Sights On ‘Vegas’ (Exclusive)
CNN, meet Sin City. As CNN appears poised to expand its original series offerings, the cable channel has set its next series: Vegas: The Story of Sin City. The series will premiere Sunday, Feb. 25 at 10 p.m., and will explore “the past seventy years of America’s cultural maturation through the lens of this unique […]
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CNN Stuns Sports World With Unbylined NBA Scoop About Doc Rivers
Watch out “Woj” and “Shams,” there’s a new NBA scoop machine: “CNN Sports.” The biggest NBA move of the week broke on TNT’s Inside the NBA Tuesday night, with the studio team revealing that ESPN analyst Doc Rivers had agreed to become the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. Their source? “CNN Sports.” “Ok, are […]
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‘Never Look Away’ Review: Lucy Lawless Directs a Generic Documentary About a Fearless War Reporter
The 'Xena: Warrior Princess' actress creates a sketchy portrait of Margaret Moth in a film premiering at Sundance.
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CNN’s Mark Thompson Outlines Digital Future for Cable Channel, Unveils New Org Structure
Mark Thompson’s vision for CNN is beginning to take shape. In a wide-ranging memo titled “CNN’s Future” sent to staffers Wednesday morning, Thompson outlined a new organizational structure for the company, one built “around the future not the past.” “We need to recapture some of the swagger and innovation of the early CNN,” Thompson wrote. […]
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Fox News’ Trump Town Hall Outdraws CNN’s DeSantis-Haley Debate
Donald Trump has held a consistently large polling lead over the other candidates in the Republican presidential primary. Head-to-head TV forums for the former president and his two closest challengers Wednesday night mirrored the polls — as well as the usual state of play on cable news. A Fox News town hall featuring Trump easily outdrew […]
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CNN’s Sara Sidner Announces Stage 3 Breast Cancer Diagnosis: “I Am Still Madly in Love With This Life”
Sara Sidner, CNN News Central co-anchor, revealed on Monday she is fighting stage 3 breast cancer. In an emotional moment on air, Sidner asked her audience to “take a second to recall the names of eight women who you love and know in your life,” adding that one in every eight women fights breast cancer […]
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CNN Promotes Senior Reporters Kyung Lah, Ryan Young
CNN has named Kyung Lah as a senior investigative correspondent, joining the news network’s investigative team, while Ryan Young becomes a senior national correspondent, based in Atlanta. Lah had covered the 2024 presidential campaign, including disinformation around the results of the 2020 presidential election and the state-level efforts to authorize the election results. Born in […]
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CNN Chief Digital Officer Athan Stephanopoulos Exits as Mark Thompson Mulls New Structure
New CNN CEO Mark Thompson is contemplating a new structure and vision for CNN, and that will include a rethink of the news organization’s digital strategy. To that end, Thompson told employees Wednesday morning that CNN executive VP and chief digital officer Athan Stephanopoulos will leave the company at the end of January. “Since his […]
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Anderson Cooper Can’t Stop Laughing During John Mayer’s Hilarious Appearance in CNN’s New Year’s Eve Special
Anderson Cooper couldn’t stop laughing during John Mayer’s appearance in CNN’s New Year’s Eve Times Square special. With less than an hour left to ring in 2024 on the East Coast, Cooper and co-host Andy Cohen were having fun while being able to drink again. Though this time they were on their best behavior, the […]
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Where to Watch the Best New Year’s Eve 2024 Specials Online
Find out what and where to stream, from Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve with performances by Green Day and LL Cool J, to Nashville's Big Bash featuring Lynyrd Skynrd, Blake Shelton and other country stars.
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A CNN and CBS News Tie-Up Would Radically Transform the Industry
At the turn of the millennium, when Microsoft still owned 50 percent of MSNBC, and before Fox News cemented itself as ratings leader post-9/11, CNN was cable news king. Sure, the broadcast networks still had vast audiences, but the economics of CNN were vastly superior, with its lucrative and enduring cable carriage fees (it turns […]
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