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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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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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CNN.com Relaunching With More Original Video, Opinion
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CNN.com Gets More Social for Relaunch
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FAITH: Money leads, the heart follows
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Universal Communication Systems, Inc., Together With Company Chairman, File Suit Against Turner Broadcasting System, CNN and Wolf Blitzer for $100 Million
- 2005-01-14
. Universal Communication Systems, Inc. (OTC BB: UCSY) and company chairman Michael J. Zwebner announced today that they have filed a law suit against TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. "CNN" and WOLF BLITZER for $100 million. The law suit has been filed in UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT...
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...
Kellner folds two-year Turner show.(Jamie Kellner, Turner Broadcasting System Inc.)
- 2003-02-24
Jamie Kellner's two-year reign as chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting System Inc. ended last week, as he joined a growing list of AOL Time Warner Inc. executives to step down from major posts. Opting to concentrate his efforts on running b...
Quick Turner-round: pushed out just 18 months ago, TBS vet Phil Kent returns as top boss.(Turner Broadcasting System Inc.)
- 2003-02-24
After being passed over for the top CNN job at Turner Broadcasting System Inc. in the summer of 2001, Phil Kent gave notice, packed his bags and traveled the world, spending time on four continents: Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. But...
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Maria Saporta Column.
- 2001-10-15
By Maria Saporta, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 15--A few days after Ted Turner stirred up controversy with his call for the rich and powerful to be humble, he acknowledged the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hit him hard. ...
Turner Broadcasting brands Cartoon Network and CNN go mobile in the UK.
- 2000-06-21
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 June 2000-TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM: Turner Broadcasting brands Cartoon Network and CNN go mobile in the UK C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19062000 Turner Broadcasting System TBS UK has signed a deal with the mobile phone portal Mviva to...
Turner Touts Web's Role in Media Plans.(Turner Broadcasting System Inc.)(Brief Article)
- 2000-05-22
NEW YORK -- With its advertisers apparently persuaded to shift more ad dollars from the broad cast television networks to cable, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. unveiled its "TV-Web Planning Guide" last week. The aim: to convince mo NEW...
Schiller, Coke's Koonin to Fill Key Turner Jobs.(People)(Brief Article)
- 2000-02-14
Turner Broadcasting System Inc. filled several key executive posts last week, going in-house to name a successor to Cable News Network programmer Pat Mitchell and recruiting a top Coca-Cola Co. marketer as general manager of Turner Network Television. Vivian Schiller, 38, was...
CNN's Mitchell May Head PBS.(Brief Article)
- 2000-02-07
ATLANTA -- Pat Mitchell, a longtime top programming executive at Turner Broadcasting System Inc., could be named president of the Public Broadcasting Service this week, according to published reports. Mitchell, president of CNN Productions, would replace Ervin Duggan, who resigned from...
TBS, Developer To Launch Net.(Statistical Data Included)
- 1999-11-22
Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has cut a deal with top mall owner Simon Property Group to launch a private network, which will run content from TBS-owned networks on monitors at malls across the U.S. In addition to running content from TBS In...
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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