CNN

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 7:03pm on Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Mark Nelson, who has overseen CNN Productions since 2005, is leaving the network while Atlanta-based head of live programming Scott Matthews leaves that position to head up a combined CNN Productions and Investigative unit. Matthews will remain in Atlanta, while the search is on for his replacement.

Additionally, CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein announced that Soledad O'Brien's "In America" franchise, which Nelson had overseen, will be expanded in 2010. The unit will add more than a dozen positions and will be headed up by CNN's Senior VP of current programming Bart Feder. Current CNN Productions staffers will have the first opportunity to apply for the positions.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 12:34am on Monday, November 2nd, 2009

CNN had the lowest primetime ratings among cable TV news network in October, Bill Carter of the New York Times reported on October 26, 2009:

"CNN, which created the all-news cable network almost 30 years ago, hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in October, with three of its four programs between 7 and 11 p.m. finishing fourth and last among the cable news networks."

Carter added:

"In an era when the relationship between the White House and Fox News is making headlines, and when the ideological rivalry between MSNBC on the left and Fox News on the right is commanding the spotlight, CNN has little from a news angle to stir consistent interest from viewers."

The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/business/media/27rating.html

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 3:58pm on Friday, September 25th, 2009

The fat and sassy Jason Linkins dropkicks Lou Dobbs in a Huffington Post post on September 16, 2009:

"CNN is facing pressure on a number of fronts to drop Lou Dobbs from their roster of on-air talent, a move that would force millions of Americans seeking out news about the conspiracy to spread leprosy throughout America via illegal Mexican immigrants to turn instead to the guy who lives under the bridge by the old tire factory."

The full rant:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/16/drop-dobbs-cnn-pressured_n_288506.html

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 3:49pm on Thursday, September 24th, 2009

CNN has introduced a service for newspapers called The CNN Wire Store, which makes its stories available to license and download for $199 per story on a single-use basis.

CNN announced the new service on September 15, 2009, describing it as "a commercial self-service on-line storefront of its wire stories." It enables journalists, publishers and media organizations to license CNN story content through a web based service at www.cnnwirestore.com.

The CNN Wire Store is available globally to license and download individual CNN Wire stories for $199 per story for a single use, utilizing a simple credit card transaction. The site allows publishers to browse through CNN Wire articles, hold selected articles in a cart for review, check out easily, and download story content on demand.

In discussions with publishers and journalists about the news industry and the changing face of the marketplace, CNN earlier this year expanded the offerings of the existing CNN Wire service and made it available for subscription. And now CNN provides the new CNN Wire Store for publishers needing content for single use and on demand basis.

"CNN understands the changing business landscape of journalism and the marketplace. The expanded CNN Wire provides an opportunity for a new platform to make CNN Wire stories easily accessible, and for the first time, on a per-story basis to any publisher, anywhere on their own timetable. With the launch of the CNN Wire Store website, we've made our original journalism easily available to other publishers on demand,"said Susan Grant, executive vice president of CNN News Services.