Ben Sherwood Named Top Dog at Disney/ABC Television Group
The Walt Disney Co. announced today that it has named ABC News president Ben Sherwood the successor to Anne Sweeney. Effective Feb. 1, 2015, Sherwood will assume the title of [...]
Liberal Media Watchdog Decries Clinton Specials
Talk about the most unlikeliest of political allies: liberal media watchdog Media Matters agrees with the Republican National Committee that NBC and CNN should cancel their special programming on former [...]
RNC Threatens NBC, CNN Over Hillary Clinton Programming
It's only 2013 and Hillary Clinton hasn't even declared she's a presidential candidate yet—but already the 2016 presidential election is getting nasty. The GOP took NBC and CNN to task [...]
Zucker’s Changes at CNN Are Already Bearing Fruit
The good ship CNN is riding a little higher on the waves. After months of plummeting ratings and a high-profile game of C-suite musical chairs, the original cable news network [...]
Jeff Zucker’s Quest for the Fountain of Youth
While CNN worldwide president Jeff Zucker is looking to draw a younger, more cosmopolitan audience, he acknowledges that reaching people who fit that description is a challenge in a cord-cutting [...]
CNN Wants Newt for Crossfire Refresh
CNN has begun casting its net for pundits to appear in the revival of its debate show Crossfire.