CNN announces major change to anchor lineup

CNN has elevated veteran reporter Brian Abel to anchor and correspondent, expanding his role across the network’s TV and ...

CNN Shakes Up Anchor Lineup With Major Promotion

The network confirmed the promotion on Thursday, June 18, noting that Abel will appear across multiple CNN platforms, ...

CNN contributor vows to exit if 'incompetent' Ellisons and their 'minions' take over network

CNN contributor Kara Swisher vowed to leave the network if the Ellison family, whom she derided as “incompetent,” and their ...

CNN shakes up morning lineup with personnel change aimed at bridging TV, streaming

The move marks another push by CNN to integrate its free ad-supported streaming television product with its traditional ...
AOL

CNN Staffers in Panic as Network Sets Up for MAGA Takeover With New Leadership

CNN could soon turn MAGA-friendly like CBS. Paramount Skydance notably took control of CBS in 2025, and Ellison appointed controversial journalist Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of the network's news ...
New York Post

CNN boss Mark Thompson addresses his future in tense exchange with staffers over Paramount deal: report

CNN boss Mark Thompson reportedly told staff he intends to remain in his role once Paramount Skydance completes its purchase of the network’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. The promise came ...
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CNN correspondent says goodbye after 2 decades with the network

Longtime CNN correspondent Stephanie Elam is leaving the network after two decades of covering news for the broadcast giant. Elam, 52, officially announced her departure in an April 18 statement ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

How Ted Turner built CNN, the world’s first 24-hour news network

It began in the woods. A kernel of an idea to create CNN came to Ted Turner as he was taking a walk through nature, as former chief operating officer Steve Korn remembers it. Cable and satellite ...
New York Post

CNN shakes up morning lineup with personnel change aimed at bridging TV, streaming

CNN is shaking up its early mornings — tapping “CNN Headline Express” anchor Brad Smith to temporarily helm the network’s 5 a.m. ET hour as the cable giant leans harder into its streaming-first ...