http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cablenewsnetwork/ en-us Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:52:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970698/posts CNN has fired producer Chez Pazienza after the network brass realized he had been blogging at his own left-wing site and several others over a period of years: In a phone interview this morning, Mr. Pazienza, 38, said he joined CNN as a senior producer in January 2004 and has consistently received positive performance evaluations of his work. He spent his first year at CNN at the network’s headquarters in Atlanta, then moved to New York to work on “CNN Daybreak,” which has since been canceled, then “American Morning,” which is shown Monday through Friday, from 6 to 9 a.m.... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970698/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:52:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1932564/posts Remember the gay retired brigadier general who chastised Republicans for their stance on gays in the military at Wednesday's CNN/YouTube debate? Turns out Keith Kerr was packing a partisan sword. He's served as a member of an advisory team on gay and lesbian issues to the Sen. Hillary Clinton Campaign. In the words of CNN's debate crew: D'oh! And here's Anderson Cooper falling on his nonpartisan sword. So how did this slip under CNN's radar? Maybe CNN could have checked its own website. Instead, they paid for Kerr's airfare and hotel to St. Petersburg for the debate. This is a... The San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1932564/posts#comment Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1393894/posts By REUTERS Filed at 6:29 p.m. ET NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CNN correspondent Judy Woodruff will leave the network and daily journalism when her contract expires in June. Woodruff has worked at the network's Washington bureau for 12 years and hosts the weekday afternoon ``Inside Politics.'' Woodruff said she will work on several long-form projects, as well as teach and write. She'll also appear occasionally on CNN. ``I am exploring/discussing several long-form television projects,'' Woodruff said Thursday afternoon. ``Nothing I can announce yet. But I'm very excited about what is possible.'' CNN President Jon Klein said Thursday that the... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1393894/posts#comment Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078738/posts Layoffs rumoured at CNN InternationalBeleaguered global news service CNN International is rumoured to be considering major redundancies in a cost-cutting exercise. From our rumourmill correspondent F---edCompany.com's Super Happy Fun Slander Corner is reporting that AOL-Time-Warner is considering "mega-layoffs" at it's international channel, CNN International. CNN has come under domestic pressure from News Corporation's Fox News whilst internationally BBC World and Sky News continue to give the broadcaster a hard time. Zerovis.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078738/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:01:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1064165/posts CNN shakes up news administration By Jon Friedman, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 5:40 PM ET Jan. 23, 2004 NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - CNN, a unit of Time Warner, is shaking up its U.S. news organization and announcing a new Washington bureau chief. TRADING CENTER Princell Hair, executive vice president and general manager of CNN's U.S. operations who joined CNN last year, said Friday in an internal statement, a copy of which was obtained by CBSMarketWatch.com, that he is making sweeping changes. In Washington, Hair appointed David Bohrman, the executive producer of Aaron Brown's show "NewsNight," to be the new bureau chief.... CBSMarketwatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1064165/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:10:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1019366/posts CNN Regrets Role In Planting US Dem Pres Debate Question PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)--A Cable News Network producer went "too far" when the news organization told a student what question to ask during last week's Democratic presidential candidate debate in Boston, a spokeswoman for the news network said. During the debate, co-sponsored by the nonprofit Rock the Vote organization, Brown University student Alexandra Trustman asked the candidates whether they preferred the PC or Mac format for their computers. In an editorial she wrote for The Brown Daily Herald, the university's student newspaper, Trustman said CNN, a unit of TimeWarner (TWX), told... AP via Dow Jones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1019366/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:08:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1018804/posts By Alexandra Trustman I'm writing in response to thE Daily Jolt forums, the student dialogue and The Herald representation of me and my question at CNN's Rock the Vote. I'm extremely disappointed in the student body's reaction, especially because they weren't privy to the circumstances under which I had to ask the question, a situation that occurs daily in the media. To clear things up, I was called the morning of the event and asked by the executive producer of the show if I would ask a question at the forum. I was told the question would probably be something... Brown Daily Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1018804/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:19:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1018266/posts NEW YORK — CNN rented an elegant ballroom a few weeks ago, feeding breakfast to top advertisers and filling them in on 2004 election coverage plans. Virtually all the network's big names were there. Except Aaron Brown, whose star appears to be fading in the CNN firmament.Larry King was master of ceremonies. Christiane Amanpour appeared via satellite from London. All four "Crossfire" combatants argued politics. Judy Woodruff, who had flown from a California assignment a few days earlier, boarded a 5 a.m. train from Washington to New York for scrambled eggs and small talk.CNN's chief executive, Jim Walton, cautioned against... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1018266/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2003 03:52:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1002458/posts You've heard of "American Idol" and "Star Search." Now, there is CNN Search. Jim Walton, president of CNN, is putting on a talent contest for CNN employees because, he wrote in a memo this week, "busy people need a breather, and the CNN News Group is in the financial position to provide just that." The grand prize: $12,000. There will be events in Atlanta, New York, Washington, London and Hong Kong with finalists in each city competing in Atlanta on Dec. 3. Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1002458/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:49:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1001812/posts It's scary to imagine Atlanta without CNNColin Campbell - StaffSunday, October 12, 2003Those mocking billboards across the street from CNN headquarters must make the people inside cringe. The signs are the work of Fox News, which doesn't just love to brag about itself (TV generally is a shameless self-promoter) but which also loves to tweak the competition. The latest billboard --- signed by "your friends at FOX News" --- says, "Come Home Connie --- CNN Needs You." The reference is to Connie Chung, the former broadcast news star who was hired by CNN to boost its ratings, then replaced with... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1001812/posts#comment Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:09:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/997815/posts Fox's new message on a billboard across from CNN includes the line "Brought to You by Your Friends at Fox News." Paula Zahn's new show on CNN is performing so poorly that even archrival Fox wants CNN to bring back Connie Chung.At least that's what a comical new billboard Fox erected late Tuesday catty-cornered to CNN Center says."Come Home Connie. CNN Needs You," the billboard reads. "Brought to You by Your Friends at Fox News.""We thought this would lift the morale and bring a few smiles to the faces of the CNN staffers in Atlanta," Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/997815/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2003 02:15:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/996231/posts CABLE WARS: FOX NEWS to place billboard in Olympic Park, opposite CNN's HQ in Atlanta: 'Come Home Connie, CNN Needs You.' A direct jab at Paula Zahn's ratings trouble... developing...breaking...crossing the wires....crossing the road.... More to follow as it breaks....develops.... Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/996231/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:50:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995380/posts Was anyone else watching Wheel of Fortune Thursday night? The phrase on the board was completely exposed except for two letters. It looked something like this: CNN ANCHOR _OL_ BLITZER What happened next was hilarious. The contestant guessing letters couldn't figure it out and guessed "D". Now that's pretty bad, but it gets worse, the next contestant didn't know what it is either and guessed "S". After the second person couldn't figure out the puzzle, host Pat Sajak (who has a show on FOX News) chimed in "well, I guess that confirms the ratings! ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995380/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2003 05:34:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/994179/posts <p>THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.</p> <p>Rush Limbaugh's week went from bad to worse today. His name has surfaced in a drug investigation in Florida. According to law enforcement sources, he allegedly bought large amounts of prescription painkillers illegally. This after he quit under pressure as host of ESPN's Sunday NFL countdown for his racially charged remarks.</p> CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/994179/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2003 03:47:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992630/posts Four news networks --CNN, Headline News, MSNBC and CNBC -- lost viewership in the third quarter, but powerhouse Fox News picked up steam, according to Nielsen Media Research. In the third quarter, Atlanta-based CNN attracted an average of 440,000 -- down 15 percent from the same period last year. Sister network Headline News attracted an average of 170,000, down 25 percent. MSNBC drew an average of 203,000 viewers, a 19 percent slide. And CNBC got an average of 160,000, down 23 percent. Meanwhile, Fox increased viewership 17 percent, attracting an average of 730,000 viewers. This is the seventh straight quarter... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992630/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2003 01:10:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/971597/posts -----Original Message----- From: Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:06 PM To: newsnight@turner.com Subject: News Night Comments name: Lance Romance view: Negative submitTime: comment: After watching your "love in" with Al Franken last night, I had to wonder why you didn't ask the man who complains of "Lying Liars" about his lie? You know, the one where he used Harvard stationary to ask John Ashcroft about his sexual life, supposedly for a non-existent book. No wonder Fox News is burying CNN. -----Original Message----- From: Brown, Aaron (NY-TBS) [mailto:Aaron.Brown@turner.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 5:27 PM To: Subject: RE: News Night Comments... CNN Propoganda Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/971597/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:12:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992626/posts My Email to Aaron Brown: Another poor job of reporting last night regarding the supposed leaking of a CIA "operative" and Joe Wilson's wife. First, you barely covered the fact that Joe's wife is really an "analyst" and not undercover, Robert Novak's admission that the Admin. official didn't call him, Joe's wife's name is on his bio website and the fact that Wilson blamed Karl Rove and then had to retract it. In fact, you seemed more than delighted to perpetuate the scandal than actually cover the facts. Once again, Fox news kicks your ass. Aaron's ResponseGee, I had no... CNN's Aaron Brown http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992626/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2003 01:02:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/991315/posts Phone Wars CNN's Tucker Carlson thought he was having a bit of fun when, during a "Crossfire" segment in which he defended telemarketers, he was asked for his home number but recited the number of the Fox News Washington bureau instead. Fox retaliated by posting Carlson's unlisted Virginia number on its Web site. After his wife was deluged with obscene calls, Carlson says, he went to Fox's Capitol Hill bureau Friday to complain, and was told his number would be taken down if he apologized on the air. Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti says Carlson was "completely irresponsible" and that the... Washingtonpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/991315/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:49:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990501/posts Web posted Friday, September 26, 2003 Neuharth Panel Asks: 'Is Media Fair?' BY RANDY DOCKENDORF P&D Regional Editor VERMILLION -- Are the media fair and accurate? Well, fairness, like beauty, becomes pretty subjective, a panel of the nation's top journalists said Thursday night at the University of South Dakota. The event, titled "Is the Free Press A Fair Press?," concluded a two-day celebration of the $5 million renovation of the Al Neuharth Media Center on the USD campus. Neuharth was on hand for the event, which was broadcast live on South Dakota Public Television. Neuharth, a 1950 USD graduate, founded... Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990501/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:17:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988034/posts CNN is having a rough time of it lately. Not only has it been thoroughly trounced in the ratings war by Fox News, it has had to admit that they have a problem with facts - namely that they seem to have a problem reporting them. Christiane Amanpour is billed as CNN’s top correspondent - which is bad enough, considering her reporting. Now she’s embarrassing the already shame-worthy CNN by saying that they were intimidated into not reporting facts; intimidated by two rather ludicrous sources - Fox News and the Bush administration. She doesn’t offer any hard proof, just the... Washington Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988034/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:44:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/987958/posts http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/cnn/0903/23primetime.html?urac=n&urvf=10643489956980.7520239648255277Link via Drudge CNN's prime-time ratings still down despite overhaul By CAROLINE WILBERT The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CNN still is putting the final touches on its new prime-time lineup, but the first two weeks' worth of ratings are down compared with last year. The network said Monday it has hired contributors -- including former Defense Department spokeswoman Victoria Clarke and Time magazine columnist Joe Klein -- for the 8 p.m. show, "Paula Zahn Now." Zahn's show drew an average of 598,000 viewers in its first two weeks since CNN relaunched it with the new name. That was down 25 percent from... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/987958/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:09:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/983807/posts September 16, 2003 General Manager Is Replaced in a Reorganization at CNNBy JIM RUTENBERG railing in the ratings behind the Fox News Channel, CNN announced a reorganization yesterday meant to help it produce more compelling news programs. The changes include a management reshuffling in which Teya Ryan, the general manager of CNN's domestic network, will step down. She is to be succeeded by a Viacom executive, Princell Hair, whose main experience has been in local television news. The main change, said Jim Walton, CNN's president, is a fundamental shift in the way CNN collects its news. The network has traditionally... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/983807/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:50:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/983349/posts <p>September 16, 2003 -- CNN news chief Jim Walton had a "private converation" with reporter Christiane Amanpour after she accused her own network of being "intimidated" in its coverage of the Iraqi war.</p> <p>Amanpour, a guest on last week's "Topic A with Tina Brown" on CNBC, set off shockwaves in the TV world over the weekend when she said she thought her employer, CNN, was "muzzled" in its war coverage by a combination of the White House and its competitive position with the higher-rated Fox News Channel.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/983349/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:56:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/982879/posts Teya Ryan is leaving CNN after serving as general manager of U.S. programming for about 18 months. In the latest top-level shuffle at CNN, Teya Ryan is leaving her post as general manager of U.S. programming, the network announced. Her successor is Princell Hair, who joins CNN from Viacom, where he was vice president of news for the Viacom Television Stations Group. In that role he oversaw news coverage across the Viacom portfolio of 39 television stations operating in 15 of the 20 top markets in the United States. Prior to joining the corporate ranks of Viacom, Hair was... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/982879/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/980064/posts Bum start for CNN's 'Zahn' and 'Cooper'Best hopes for stemming slide against Fox News By Kevin Downey     CNN's hopes of reclaiming No. 1 from Fox News Channel were dealt a major setback this week with the disappointing premieres of “Anderson Cooper 360” and “Paula Zahn Now.”      The audience for “Cooper” on Monday was down 47 percent in the 7 p.m. time slot occupied last year by “Crossfire,” to 319,000 people, while “Zahn's” audience of 508,000 people was down 45 percent in the 8 p.m. time slot briefly occupied by the canceled “Connie Chung.” All figures are based... Media Life http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/980064/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2003 04:02:27 GMT