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Jeff Zucker’s Quest for the Fountain of Youth CNN boss scrambles to scare up a younger audience

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…

June 3, 2013, 1:49 PM EDT

CNN Wants Newt for Crossfire Refresh Gingrich on Jeff Zucker’s wish list

CNN has begun casting its net for pundits to appear in the revival of its debate show Crossfire. According to Politico, the news network has approached former Speaker of the…

April 24, 2013, 1:42 PM EDT

Jeff Zucker Poaches Exec From Katie Couric's Talk Show The latest of many off-camera changes at Katie and shifts at CNN

CNN Worldwide's Jeff Zucker has poached Michael Bass, a co-executive producer for Katie Couric's Disney-ABC talk show, which formerly employed Zucker and in which he still has ownership interests, according…

April 15, 2013, 11:03 AM EDT

CNN's Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan Morning Show Is Gunning for Broadcast Jeff Zucker's new direction kicks into high gear

It's official: Chris Cuomo's partner on the much-reported CNN morning show will be congressional correspondent Kate Bolduan (rumor has it that Erin Burnett was considered but didn't want the early-bird…

March 28, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT

CNN's Documentary Unit Officially Up and Running Big-name correspondents will host programs before and after docs

In addition to green-lighting nonfiction fare featuring personalities such as Anthony Bourdain and Morgan Spurlock, CNN’s new boss Jeff Zucker has kept in place CNN Films, new documentary production and…

March 15, 2013, 1:41 PM EDT

The New CNN Gets Into the Big Data Game Will anyone buy against it?

CNN is once again trying its hand at the analytics game in the upfront, only this time it has the backing of a larger partnership. The cable news network is…

March 10, 2013, 11:27 PM EDT

Soledad O'Brien Off Daily Duties at CNN Longtime anchor headed to documentary division

It's been rumored for a while and now it's official: Soledad O'Brien is out of the mix at CNN. She'll be producing documentaries for the network, but O'Brien will no…

February 21, 2013, 9:42 PM EST

How CNN Sells Breaking News The inside poop on managing TV’s most sensitive inventory

CNN took plenty of heat yesterday for its extensive coverage of Carnival’s ill-fated “Poop Cruise”—upon losing power in the Gulf of Mexico, the cruise ship Triumph transformed into a drifting…

February 15, 2013, 1:21 PM EST

Steve Capus Out at NBC News 'New direction' for longtime division president

NBC News president Steve Capus on Friday announced that he is leaving the network. In a memo issued to staffers, Capus said that while it is “an extremely difficult decision to…

February 1, 2013, 1:51 PM EST

CNN's Bleacher Report Programming Launches Saturday Pre-Bowl coverage sold to BlackRock, Hampton Inn

Sports Illustrated who? Turner's $175 million acquisition of Bleacher Report happened way back in August after the company parted ways with SI; now, its partnership with CNN cemented earlier this month,…

January 30, 2013, 12:03 PM EST

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