CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker reportedly just defended controversial CNN commentator Corey Lewandowski in an employee town hall, as reported just less than a day ago by the Huffington Post. According to the Huffington Post, Zucker informed employees the network was aware that Lewandowski was receiving severance from the Trump campaign at the time of…
CNN is expanding its presence in France with the hiring of Melissa Bell, who leaves France 24 to become the network’s Paris Correspondent. Bell will join CNN’s longtime Senior International Correspondent Jim Bittermann in early October, it was announced today in a press release by Tony Maddox, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of CNN…
CNN International weekend anchor Lynda Kinkade gave birth to her daughter over the weekend. She and her husband, Travis Jackson, named their daughter Georgia Emily, as flagged by TVNewser. As Kinkade posted on Instagram, “she arrived early, keen to see the world. We are completely in love with our precious little lady.” We reported back…
Kirsten Powers joined CNN as a political analyst effective immediately, CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker announced today, according to a press release. In addition to her role as a CNN contributor, Powers will continue to provide her political expertise as a USA Today contributor. Most recently, Powers served as a political analyst for Fox News…
John King’s Inside Politics is moving to the noon slot through Election Day, beginning September 26, a CNN spokesperson confirmed to Brian Stelter. The noon time anchor, Ashleigh Banfield, announced at the conclusion of today’s Legal View that she was departing the network as an anchor, and moving over to sister channel HLN, where she…
Following Nancy Grace’s departure from HLN 8pm in October, CNN announced today who will be filling her shoes: CNN’s Legal View anchor, Ashleigh Banfield. Banfield will be moving to 8pm on HLN. August 23rd will be Banfield’s last day in the Legal View show. She will continue to appear on CNN, offering legal analysis and…
A little over a year ago, former CNN Headline news anchor Lynne Russell and her husband, former CNN correspondent Chuck De Caro, were involved in a Motel 6 shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. De Caro was shot three times in the abdomen but survived while assailant Tomorio Walton, 27, died from his gunshot wounds in…
On Wednesday morning, CNN Newsroom anchor Carol Costello offered up an apology for what some are calling deceptive editing of what Sherelle Smith said, mislabeling it a call for peace. In Milwaukee, Slyville Smith was shot by an officer on Saturday afternoon, which triggered riots in the city. Her sister, Sherelle, said, “Don’t bring the…
Donald Trump Jr. criticized CNN for its hiring practices of Trump surrogates as “from the street” and then putting them up against professional liberal pundits, reports BuzzFeed. Appearing on Sean Hannity’s radio program, Trump Jr said, CNN has “a panel of 8 professional, liberal but professional, people on a panel, and they find like one…
CNN’s senior morning producer Matt Null died on Monday while on vacation over seas, as flagged by TVNewser. For the past three years, Early Start anchor Christine Romans noted when bringing the sad news to her viewers, he had been leading the team. She called him a “rising star” at CNN. “It is with a…
CNN chief Jeff Zucker’s contract is expected to expire at the end of next year. There has been some speculation what Zucker may do after CNN, if his contract isn’t renewed, such as running for mayor of New York City. But, according to reporting from the Hollywood Reporter, Rupert Murdoch’s sons, James and Lachlan Murdoch,…
Former CNN Starting Point anchor Soledad O’Brien is returning to TV anchoring this fall with a weekly Sunday show airing on Hearst TV, reports the Washington Post. This is the newest venture for O’Brien since the closure of Al Jazeera America, where O’Brien served as a special correspondent after departing CNN. Her production company, Starfish…
CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker downplayed ratings expectations after the November election to the Nomura 2016 Media, Telecom & Internet Conference in New York City during a session that was webcast, reports the Hollywood Reporter. “There’s no doubt that we are not going to have the same ratings next year, that we have this year.…
