What Jeff Zucker Actually Said About Running CNN Today [Updated]

'There's more to news than politics and war'

After yesterday's "no comment" from Time Warner head Jeff Bewkes (actually, he said, "We'll have an announcement soon"), CNN has officially announced that Jeff Zucker has been hired to replace Jim Walton as head of CNN Worldwide. 

Zucker, the onetime head of NBCUniversal, currently produces ABC Television Distribution's syndicated talk show Katie, starring former Today co-host Katie Couric. Zucker told reporters on Thursday morning that he will leave that show. "I'll be there for a few more weeks helping with the transition and I'll be leaving there by the middle of January," he said.

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