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CNN is a USA TV network covering National News.

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American cable television network launched on June 1, 1980. It was founded by Ted Turner, who ran the Turner Broadcasting System (now owned by Time Warner).

CNN was the first network to provide 24-hour television news coverage. It is broadcast from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, the Time Warner Center in New York City and studios in Washington, D.C. The U.S version of CNN is also shown in Canada; elsewhere the service airs CNN International.

In terms of worldwide audience, CNN is a distant second to the BBC World Service.

This TV network is owned by Turner Broadcasting System.

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CNN promotes Jim Avcosta to national political correspondent, effective February 2012. Acosta previously served as a CNN field correspondent. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, February 7, 2012

Teens Break into CNN Newsroom to Check Facebook Pages, Police Say
-- Buying a smartphone with a 2-year plan probably would've proved to be a cheaper alternative. But "smart" obviously doesn't belong anywhere in the story about a pair of teens who allegedly climbed over a ledge from the Omni Hotel in Atlanta in...

CNN appointed Paul Steinhauser as political editor and supervising producer of the Political Unit and Mark Preston as political director, effective December 2011. Steinhauser previously served as deputy political director and Preston as senior political editor there. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, December 19, 2011

CNN named Samira Said international assignment editor, effective December 2011. She previously worked as a freelancer. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, December 7, 2011

CNN, HLN Executives Trade Places
-- According to an internal memo from CNN Worldwide honchos Tony Maddox and Scot Safon, three executives are set to take on some different responsibilities and titles. Bill Galvin, currently SVP of HLN, assumes...

CNN named Eric Sherling director of Washington programming, effective November 2011. He previously served as executive broadcast producer at Good Morning America at ABC News. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, November 14, 2011

Hurricane Irene and the Cynicism of the American News Media
-- While it did not turn out to be the Katrina it might have been, Hurricane Irene was for several days the lead story in the American news media. Writing at London's Daily Telegraph on August 28, 2011, a very cynical Toby Harnden (the...

CNN's Don Lemon Manhandled by Michelle Bachmann's Bodyguards
-- After Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann spoke for a few minutes at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2011, she made her way into a crowd of supporters. A few moments later, Bachmann made her exit as reporters gathered...

CNN Streams 24-Hour News Online and Mobile, for a Price
-- The cable news giant claims to be the first news organization to stream its linear television channels online and on mobile devices to consumers who subscribe to a multi-channel video service. The announcement was made July 18, 2011,...

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