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  • Lou Dobbs joins Fox Business Network

    Lou Dobbs joins Fox Business Network

    MUMBAI: Exactly after a year he quit CNN on 11 November 2009, anchor Lou Dobbs has joined Fox Business Network. He will host and develop a daily television show that will start early next year.

    At CNN, he was termed as one of the most influential anchors in business journalism after his show Moneyline drew the attention of viewers in the 1990s. After spending nearly three decades at the network, Dobbs quit.

    His views denouncing illegal immigration and challenging President Barack Obama to produce his birth certificate made him a focus of political controversy. On CNN‘s request, Dobbs tried to tone things down but after he was unsuccessful, he quit.

    After quitting the network, Dobbs hosted a weekday syndicated radio show. He was also considering running for political office.
     

  • CNN anchor Rick Sanchez is fired

    CNN anchor Rick Sanchez is fired

    MUMBAI: Anchor Rick Sanchez was fired from CNN on 1 October, a day after he made offensive comments about Jews on a radio talk show.

    Sanchez reportedly claimed that political satirist Jon Stewart, who is Jewish, “is a bigot” and that American television is “ruled by people like Stewart”.   
         
      From various sources who quoted Sanchez verbatim, this is what Sanchez said, amidst talks on Pete Dominick‘s XM Sirius radio show: “He [Jon Stewart] is such a minority! I mean, you know [sarcastically]… I‘m telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart, and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart, and [sarcastically] to imply that somehow they — the people in this country who are Jewish — are an oppressed minority? Yeah.”
    “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company,” a CNN spokesperson said. “We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.”

    Sanchez‘s programme on CNN, called Rick‘s List, was aimed at bringing their viewers into a “national conversation” by means of social networking sites such as Twitter.

    CNN said another programme, CNN Newsroom, will replace Sanchez‘s 3-5 pm local time slot.

  • IMR is CNN’s ad sales rep in Australia, New Zealand

    IMR is CNN’s ad sales rep in Australia, New Zealand

    LOS ANGELES: CNN has appointed IMR Australia as the advertising sales representative for CNN International and CNN.com in Australia and New Zealand.

    An official release informs that IMR will work closely with the network’s advertising teams throughout the Asia Pacific in developing advertising opportunities for CNN International (effective immediately) and CNN.com (effective January 2004) in Australia and New Zealand.

    CNN International is available to more than 165 million households and hotel rooms around the world. Surveys such as PAX 2002/2003 and EMS 2003 confirm that CNN is the undisputed news leader in the world and is the leading channel for the key top management target group. The release adds that CNN’s web sites are the world’s leading news and information sites, which are serving over 1.5 billion page impressions every month during this year.

     

  • CNN plans extensive coverage around soccer WC

    CNN plans extensive coverage around soccer WC

    MUMBAI: Putting football fans at the heart of its 2010 Fifa World Cup coverage, US news broadcaster CNN has created a global fanzone to unite and inform its sport-enthusiastic audience across CNN International, CNN.com, CNN iReport and CNN en Español.

    CNN International executive VP, MD Tony Maddox says, “In the run-up to the World Cup, CNN has showcased the biggest interviews and established a reputation as the go-to place for football fans around the world. We have harnessed our global resources across television, online and social media platforms to genuinely unite the world around this spectacular sporting event.”

    View from South Africa: From Soccer City to Fan Park, CNN will have a team of eight correspondents in South Africa reporting live across CNN International and CNN en Español, delivering comprehensive coverage including match results, logistics and key storylines to viewers around the world. These reporters include Pedro Pinto, Alex Thomas, Michael Holmes, Isha Sesay, Robyn Curnow, Nkepile Mabuse, Diego Bustos and David McKenzie.

    McKenzie will spend the entire month traveling around South Africa in a Winnebago and taking the pulse of the host country. As part of CNN’s Team Winnebago, McKenzie will help tell the story of the World Cup through the voices of South Africa.From Cape Town to Graaff Reinet and Qunu to Soweto, Team Winnebago will cover more than 3,000 kilometers of highway, dusty tracks and snow-capped mountains during this month-long road trip. Users will be able to track McKenzie’s journey on CNN.com through an interactive map that will showcase Team Winnebago’s progress as well as the special reports they will file from the road. In addition, McKenzie will tweet about the places he has visited and where Team Winnebago will go next.

    Aaron Mokoena, the captain of the host nation South Africa, will file exclusive video diaries for CNN and when appropriate, contribute exclusively to the network as a World Cup analyst. Ahead of the tournament Mokoena, who is Bafana Bafana’s most capped player, will be armed with a CNN flip cam so that he can provide viewers and users with an inside view of the Cup. These video diaries from the South Africa captain will be featured on CNN International and CNN.com at www.cnn.com/worldcup.

    CNN International’s South Africa 2010 coverage will extend beyond its daily sport show, World Sport, and appear in every programme in its lineup, offering viewers match highlights, fan reaction and top storylines around the clock. On 11 June Isha Sesay will host an hour-long special from Johannesburg’s Fan Park that will feature reports from CNN correspondents in nearly a dozen other countries represented in the World Cup including Mexico, England, Brazil, Spain and Argentina. South Africa 2010 will capture the global impact of the World Cup along with the always-entertaining Opening Day fan frenzy.

    For the week of 14 June, BackStory goes on the road to Johannesburg, where Michael Holmes will anchor special World Cup editions of the show live. Holmes and BackStory will of course bring viewers the story behind the story, but this week will have a World Cup twist.

    From CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta, Errol Barnett will use the new Magic Wall to bring viewers the latest from CNN’s South Africa 2010: Twitter Buzz interactive; World Cup-related iReport submissions; headlines from the world’s newspapers; and Google Earth maps of Soccer City and the other stadiums.

    Coverage on CNN.com: Available at www.cnn.com/worldcup, CNN’s online coverage of the World Cup presents users with a world view of the football tournament including the latest football-related headlines; interviews with top players (see Lionel Messi) and coaches (see Fabio Capello); commentary from CNN’s World Sport team; tips for tourists including a guide to all of South Africa’s World Cup venues; and quizzes to test World Cup knowledge.

    A unique aspect of CNN.com’s coverage will be the exclusive South Africa 2010: Twitter Buzz interactive, which will launch a few days before kickoff. Users will be able to view the most popular World Cup-related Twitter topics and participate in the global conversation about players, teams and overall trends. These topics will be illustrated as images and the more a topic is discussed, the larger the image will appear in the interactive. For each topic, users will be able to comment, re-tweet or reply all and if the topic is about a player, users will be able to follow the player on Twitter directly from the interactive. The South Africa 2010: Twitter Buzz will provide a unique way to watch and participate in the conversation around the World Cup, and the interactive will be the destination to get the latest buzz on the tournament. Follow CNN’s World Cup team on Twitter here.

    In addition, CNNMéxico.com will offer up-to-the-minute updates; headlines; interactive polls; and relevant information about the Cup on its “Deportes” channel (Sports), which will also follow the Mexico team very closely. Other features include: a countdown clock to the Cup; a daily photo blog with the most amazing images of the day; a ticker with live results; a highlight on the “11 moments” of each game; “Fanzone” showcasing the best Super Fan iReports; and “Referee” polls where users can vote on their favorite team to win each match.

    Fans engage with iReport: Through CNN iReport, CNN’s user-generated news community, fans are capturing and submitting stories that are being included in CNN’s coverage of this border-transcending event. CNN has identified the most enthusiastic fans as Super Fans, and they will be given the chance to represent their countries and at the same time, connect with football fanatics from places all over the map.

  • CNN looking for ‘Super Fans’ for soccer World Cup

    CNN looking for ‘Super Fans’ for soccer World Cup

    MUMBAI: With less than three months for the 2010 soccer World Cup to kick off in South Africa, CNN International is signing up a global army of football fanatics to become ‘Super Fans’.

    Tapping into CNN’s iReport community, the network is inviting passionate football fans around the world to submit videos outlining why they should be considered a ‘Super Fan’. Whether they are planning to cheer from the stadiums across South Africa, their local sports bars and pubs or are armchair pundits watching from their homes, all they need to do is have a passionate opinion about football and record a short video which needs to be submitted to www.cnn.com/ireport.

    CNN says that it wants to hear about the impact of the World Cup in every competing country and the selected ‘Super Fans’ will appear on air on CNN International and online at www.cnn.com/superfans over the coming weeks and months as the world counts down to 11 June. In India, the event will air on ESPN Star Sports.

    One can visit www.cnn.com/worldcup for an overview of CNN’s coverage of the 2010 Fifa World Cup including the latest football headlines; interviews with top players and coaches; a panoramic view inside Soccer City Stadium; a guide to all of South Africa’s World Cup venues; updates from the host country; and quizzes to test World Cup knowledge.

    One can also, follow CNN’s World Cup team on Twitter at www.twitter.com/WorldCupCNN to receive updates on teams and footballers plus information about CNN’s on-air and online coverage of the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa.

  • CNN serves up tennis show ‘Open Court’

    CNN serves up tennis show ‘Open Court’

    MUMBAI: CNN has launched its first ever dedicated tennis programme Open Court. This is a monthly magazine feature show taking viewers beyond the baseline in search of the most compelling personal stories in the sport.

    The show goes behind-the-scenes with some of the biggest names in the global game, learning as much about life off the court as on it.

    CNN VP of coverage and feature programming Mike McCarthy says, “Open Court aims to showcase the personalities that shape or have shaped, one of the world’s most universal sports. This most accessible of sports is populated by some of the most intriguing individuals, all with hugely diverse personal stories behind their journey to fame and success on the court. It is these stories that we feel will take this show from being a regular sports show into something much richer.”

    Open Court chronicles the players’ journeys from childhood to their first steps into the world of tennis through to their dominance on the world circuit. In the coming months, the show will complement these highly personal interviews with on the ground guides to major tournaments, and a quirky look at the latest developments in tennis technique and gadgets.

  • CNN ties up with Lotus Racing

    CNN ties up with Lotus Racing

    MUMBAI: Lotus Racing and news broadcaster CNN International have announced a partnership deal that sees the newest Formula One team entering into a long-term agreement with the news network.

    Under the bipartite agreement, CNN’s logo will feature on the T127 race cars, the drivers’ overalls and on all team clothing.

    The deal will be managed by CNN’s commercial Partner Solutions Group, led by CNN International ad sales senior VP Rani R Raad.

    Raad says, “The combination of two such global brands fits perfectly with CNN’s worldwide reach and brand positioning. This unique partnership with Lotus Racing takes CNN into a new era of marketing and promotions and puts us in front of a worldwide audience of millions.”

    Lotus Racing joins the 2010 Formula One World Championship as one of the new teams granted an entry in 2009.

  • CNN to air ‘Broken Government’

    CNN to air ‘Broken Government’

    MUMBAI: US news broadcaster CNN is airing Broken Government, a multi-platform initiative to report in-depth on how the current environment in Washington as well as state capitals and small towns is disappointing and enraging many Americans and what solutions are being proposed to fix it.

    As with the Stimulus Report, CNN will air several segments per hour from American Morning through Anderson Cooper 360, culminating in an hour-long special hosted by Jack Cafferty on 26 February called Broken Government: A Cafferty File Special Report.

    Throughout the week CNN correspondents and contributors will file reports from around the country on issues including the debate over government spending, congressional gridlock, outrageous medical expenses, Wall Street bonuses, the disappearing middle class, and the rise of Independents as partisan extremism grows. CNN will bring its contributors and experts together–including Time magazine correspondents–to offer diverse perspectives and analysis on these issues.

  • Tom Bettag joins CNN as senior executive producer

    Tom Bettag joins CNN as senior executive producer

    MUMBAI: CNN has announced that Tom Bettag has joined as senior executive producer of State of the Union with Candy Crowley and Reliable Sources.

    The announcement was made by CNN senior VP of programming and Washington bureau chief David Bohrman. Bettag will oversee the Sunday public affairs programming lineup, effective immediately.

    Bohrman says, “Adding such a renowned producer as Tom to CNN’s lineup further reflects the network’s commitment to serious journalism. Candy now will be a member of a very exclusive team of greats—such as Ted Koppel and Dan Rather—who have had the opportunity to work with Tom.”

    Bettag adds, “For years, Candy has been one of my favorite reporters. She’s not only tough and fair, but also brings a breath of fresh air to Sunday morning talk. I look forward to joining Candy and the team. And I’m thrilled to be part of, what I consider, to be the preeminent news organisation in the country.”

    The broadcaster adds that since launching one year ago, State of the Union has cemented its reputation as the place to hear the voices of everyday Americans, informed experts and A-list politicians. Candy Crowley took over the anchor chair earlier this month and will continue to work with her team to craft a show that is relevant, interesting and informative.

  • CNN launches new show ‘IList’

    CNN launches new show ‘IList’

    MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN has launched a new monthly show i-List which takes viewers to countries that are changing the way we live and look at the world around us. i-List will highlight innovation and influence in industry, business, technology, culture and more. It showcases a nation’s people and places – those having an impact inside and outside their borders.

    From 8 February, CNN International turns its cameras on France in i-List: France, a special week of prime time programming and reports from the country that will uncover some of the economic, social, cultural and political developments currently shaping France and positioning the nation for the future. Throughout 2010, i-List is set to come from a number of Asian countries.

    CNN International VP of coverage and feature programming Mike McCarthy says, “With i-List, we wanted to give our viewers and users insightful and intelligent programming about countries that are changing the way we think and how we live in an Interconnected world. It will highlight the inventive people, innovative businesses and inspirational cultural trends in nations that directly impact the way we live and do business in the future.

    CNN will anchor two of its signature European prime time shows from France. Hala Gorani will be in Paris with I-Desk from 9-12 February 2010 at 2 am and Fionnuala Sweeney in Lyon with World One from 8-12 February at 11:30 pm. There will also be a series of specially commissioned reports by correspondents Jim Bitterman and Atika Schubert.

    CNN’s Paris-based Senior Correspondent Jim Bitterman – recently awarded the Legion of Honour for his 30 years of distinguished reporting on France – examines how France is leveraging long established ties with China and India through the entrepreneurial spirit of business leaders such as the legendary Pierre Cardin, former French Prime Minister and Senator Pierre Rafferin and inspirational Club Med chairman Henri Giscard d’Estaing.

    Atika Shubert begins the week at the Lyon Library which has joined up with Google Books to post 500,000 ancient manuscripts online. French officials fear that the scanning project by Google will put the country’s national literary treasures in the control of corporate hands. Lyon’s Library Director shows CNN the rare document he believes need to be scanned by Google.

    The week of coverage will culminate with a 30-minute debate hosted by CNN’s Hala Gorani with a panel of French personalities including Areva CEO Anne Lauvergeon.

    Online users will be able to visit the i-List microsite, www.cnn.com/ilist for video packages and more.