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CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world's most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.
President
Jim WaltonNumber of Employees 4,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code News Syndicates: 519110
Recent Events
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OPINION: TV blurs line between facts and opinions
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Hulu U.S. video streams soar almost 50% in October, Google’s YouTube flat
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Lou Dobbs set his sights high in N.J.
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CNN looks past U.S.
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Fantasy to Fiction
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Sideshow: CNN's John King to replace Dobbs
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John King replaces Lou Dobbs on CNN
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Great American hero off the air
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Paraguay president explains military shake-up
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CNN.com Launches News Trivia Quiz
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CNN downplays ratings decline
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TrafficLand, provider of live traffic video, plans Colorado launch
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CNN site reflects growing importance of online video
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When Will (Post-Iran) Twitter Grow a Business Model?
BNET
- 2009-06-17
One perplexing difficulty we face here at Bnet as we document Twitter's prominent role the events unfolding in Iran is the young company's utter lack of any apparent business model. As my colleague Erik Sherman outlines in a new post, just catching a wave -- even as big a one...
SIS Reports - Brad Ford named as one of the artists to watch by CNN for 2006.
- 2007-05-23
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 May 2007-Stock Information Systems: SIS Reports - Brad Ford named as one of the artists to watch by CNN for 2006C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22052007 Or at least under the radar........ He has received accolades for his...
Gail Shister | Harvard says Rather has the goods for fellowship
- 2006-06-20
Who needs CBS when Harvard's hot for you? Dan Rather, whose departure is expected to be announced today, would be a jolly good fellow for Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, its director says. "I'd love to have him come here for a semester...
Churchill Downs Incorporated Presents 'Digital Derby 05' Technology Summit; Agenda, Panelists Set for May 5 Event
- 2005-04-21
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Churchill Downs Incorporated ("CDI") (Nasdaq:CHDN), the racing industry leader in technological innovation and information management, will team with global IT services provider EDS to present the "Digital Derby 05" technology summit on Thursday, May 5, 2005. This unique presentation of business solutions will be held at...
General knowledge.(Freeze Frame)(Brief Article)
- 2004-11-29
CNN'S Jamie Mclntyre interviewed U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks during an event at the Richmond (Va.) Forum. Pictured (I. to r.): Turner Network Sales account director, Southeast region Annabel Caswell, Mclntyre and Franks.
Sexing up the program networks: fending off rivals with new strategies.
- 2004-05-31
Call it a hiccup. Or, more accurately, a case of the hiccups that slowed the sprinter down just long enough to allow a growing field of rivals to gain ground. This is one way to describe what has gone on over the last...
Glow of Bush's Thanksgiving trip fades as rivals renew criticism over Iraq
- 2003-11-30
WASHINGTON AFP ? A wave of attacks on US allies in Iraq quickly overshadowed the holiday glow of President George W. Bush's surprise Thanksgiving trip to Baghdad, as his rivals renewed their criticism of his management of the war. Former NATO commander Wesley Clark said the 2004 presidential election...
We're a Rolex, says CNN chief: with Zahn, Cooper and O'Brien, news net shapes up. (Top of the Week).(CNN chief Jim Walton prepares his strategy for the network)
- 2003-07-14
Don't ask new CNN chief Jim Walton for his strategy for taking on ratings leader Fox News Channel. He simply won't answer. "There is certainly a lot of noise about a competitor," said the 20year CNN vet "But I don't get caught up in ...
Pro-Marxist slant pushed at ABC
- 2003-05-12
Retired Correspondent Claims Jennings Has Pro-Sandinista BiasHaving kept quiet for 14 years, a former ABC News correspondent has gone public for the first time with allegations that network anchorman Peter Jennings manipulated news scripts during the 1980s in order to praise the Marxist-backed Sandinista government in Nicaragua.Peter Collins, a newsman...
Phil Kent to Pick Up Where Jamie Kellner Leaves Off
- 2003-02-24
Byline: STACI D. KRAMER After a brief and sometimes stormy tenure of two years as Turner Broadcasting chairman and CEO, Jamie Kellner stepped down last week to return to Santa Barbara and run the WB, which he founded. Former CNN president Phil Kent was named his replacement. Since...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Walton | President |
| Jonathan Klein | President, CNN, US |
| Greg D'Alba | Executive Vice President & COO, Advertising Sales and Marketing, Turner Broadcasting Sales, Inc. |
| Jonathan Davies | Executive Vice President, CNN Intl News Advertising Sales |
| Ken Jautz | Executive Vice President, CNN Worldwide |
| Richard Davis | Executive Vice President, News Standards and Practices |
| Susan Grant | Executive Vice President, CNN News Services |
| Susan M. Bunda | Executive Vice President, Content Development and Strategy |
| Bart Feder | Senior Vice President, Current Programming, CNN/U.S. |
| Jack Womack | Senior Vice President, Domestic News Operations and Admin for CNN, US |
| Katherine Green | Senior Vice President, Programming, CNN International |
| Parisa Khosravi | Senior Vice President, International Newsgathering, CNN Worldwide |
| Rena Golden | Senior Vice President & Executive Producer, CNN.com |
| Christopher Crommett | Senior Vice President, CNN en Español |
| Mitch Gelman | Senior Vice President & Senior Executive Producer, CNN.com |
| Tony Maddox | Executive Vice President & Managing Director, CNN International |
| Scott Matthews | Director, Programming, CNN/U.S. |
| David Payne | Senior Vice President & General Manager of CNN.com |
| Nancy Lane | Senior Vice President, Editorial, CNN/U.S. |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | President, CNN Worldwide | Current |
| CNN Worldwide | President | Current |
| CNN Headline News | President | Former |
| CNN Worldwide | President & Chief Operations Officer, CNN News Group | Former |
| University of Maryland | Bachelor's Degree, Radio, Television and Film | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | President, CNN, US | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | Executive Vice President & COO, CNN Advertising Sales and Marketing | Current |
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Vice President & COO, Advertising Sales and Marketing, Turner Broadcasting Sales, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Vice President, CNN Intl News Advertising Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Vice President, CNN Worldwide | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Vice President, News Standards and Practices | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Vice President, CNN News Services | Current |
| Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. | Board Of Directors | Current |
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Vice President, CNN.com | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Vice President, Content Development and Strategy | Current |
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President, News of CNN, US | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President, Current Programming, CNN/U.S. | Current |
| The Feedroom | CEO, President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President, Domestic News Operations and Admin for CNN, US | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President, Programming, CNN International | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President, International Newsgathering, CNN Worldwide | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President & Executive Producer, CNN.com | Current |
| CNN International | Senior Vice President | Current |
Crommett is a lifetime member and former regional director of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and has earned several professional distinctions, including the National Eagle Leadership Institute's "Eagle Award." Crommett also sits on the board of the Atlanta-based non-profit Health and Education Relief Organization (HERO), dedicated to building schools and clinics in Haiti. Before joining CNN, Crommett worked in the New York market as news director at WXTV Univision Channel 41 and later at WADO-AM Radio. He began his career in Puerto Rico as news director at WOSO-AM and later at all-news WKAQ Radio Reloj, while also reporting for the CBS Radio Network. He was the first news anchor and assistant news director at WPRV-TV Channel 13 in San Juan, founded in 1985. He also served for a year as press secretary to Puerto Rico's resident commissioner in the U.S. Congress. Born in the United States and raised in Puerto Rico, Crommett has native fluency in Spanish and English. He graduated with honors from Haverford College in Pennsylvania.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Future of Television Conference | Senior Vice President, Cnn En Espanol | Current |
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President, CNN en Español | Current |
| Health and Education Relief Organization | Board of Directors | Current |
| Haverford College | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President & Senior Executive Producer, CNN.com | Current |
| University of California, Berkeley | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Vice President & Managing Director, CNN International | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Director, Programming, CNN/U.S. | Current |
| WWOR-TV, Inc. | Vice President and News Director | Former |
| WNYW-TV | Vice President and News Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President & General Manager of CNN.com | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CNN Worldwide | Senior Vice President, Editorial, CNN/U.S. | Current |
| CNN Worldwide | Vice President & News Director, CNN/U.S | Former |
| CNN Worldwide | Executive Producer, The World Today | Former |
Executive News
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Behar adds to female-dominated HLN lineup
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Peninsula readers' letters: Aug. 25
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RTNDF workshop to examine new tools for newsgathering
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Third Annual 'CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute' Garners a Record 9,000 Nominations
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