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Ben Sherwood Named Top Dog at Disney/ABC Television Group

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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 [...]


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Liberal Media Watchdog Decries Clinton Specials

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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 [...]

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RNC Threatens NBC, CNN Over Hillary Clinton Programming

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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 [...]

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Zucker’s Changes at CNN Are Already Bearing Fruit

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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 [...]

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Jeff Zucker’s Quest for the Fountain of Youth

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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 [...]

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CNN Wants Newt for Crossfire Refresh

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CNN has begun casting its net for pundits to appear in the revival of its debate show Crossfire.