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  • CNN appoints Jonathan Klein as president of US news group

    CNN appoints Jonathan Klein as president of US news group

    MUMBAI: Former 60 Minutes executive Jonathan Klein has been appointed as the president of CNN US. Klein has replaced Princell Hair and has been given the responsibility to give CNN the extra boost it needs as the second-ranked all-news channel, behind Fox News.     

    In the wake of the new appointment, Hair, who is a former Viacom stations group executive and was executive VP and general manager of CNN US, will now hold the newly created position of senior vice president of program and talent development for the entire CNN news group.

    “We felt we needed a stronger, more urgent push toward the editorial direction and strategic direction of CNN US,” CNN Group president Jim Walton was quoted as saying in a media report. An upbeat Walton also said that CNN was poised to have its strongest financial year ever, with a leadership position for CNN.com, new plans for CNN Headline News and a strong international business.

    Klein is the founder and CEO of The FeedRoom Inc., a high-speed Internet news network and video streamer and has also had a stint as executive vice president of CBS News. In a statement issued by the company, Klein said, “Six years steeped in the digital information industry have helped me understand today’s news consumers in ways never before available to media executives.”

  • CNN bolsters coverage in US with key hires

    CNN bolsters coverage in US with key hires

    MUMBAI: CNN/US has announced that it has hired four journalists for its San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago bureaus. The appointments are designed to bolster the network’s broadcasting and newsgathering efforts in these regions.

    CNN/US executive VP, GM Princell Hair said, “These new hires demonstrate CNN’s commitment to maintaining a deep bench of experienced, versatile correspondents across the United States. They are top-flight journalists, and we are delighted that they have joined CNN. Their deployment will strengthen our original reporting from these key areas, allowing us to develop even more news leads before stories hit the national stage.”

    Sibila Vargas, formerly of KTLA in Los Angeles, will join CNN’s Los Angeles bureau. Vargas will serve as an entertainment correspondent. Ted Rowlands, formerly of KTVU-TV in San Francisco will join CNN’s bureau in that city. Former CBS correspondent Christopher Lawrence will be based in Chicago along with Jonathan Freed. Freed was formerly an anchor and editor with the Global Television Network in Montreal Canada.

  • Hair replaces Ryan as CNN news operations head

    Hair replaces Ryan as CNN news operations head

    MUMBAI: Princell Hair has been named US chief of CNN’s news operations, replacing Teya Ryan, who has quit the company after a long spell of speculation on her departure.

    Hair is the new executive vice president and general manager of CNN/US. Earlier, he was vice president of news for Viacom Inc’s Television Stations Group, where he oversaw news coverage. The company has said Ryan, who served as Atlanta-based CNN’s executive vice president and general manager, resigned her post to “pursue opportunities outside the CNN organization”.

    Hair, regarded as a veteran of local TV news, oversaw news coverage across the Viacom umbrella of 39 television stations in 15 major US markets. “Princell brings to his new role, demonstrated expertise as a newsroom executive and gifted leader,” CNN News Group President Jim WaltonWalton said in a statement.

    According to media reports, Ryan had been facing pressure due to CNN’s plunging ratings and ill-fated shows like Talk Back Live and a primetime programme hosted by Connie Chung.

    Hair is to have two deputies – Sue Bonda, promoted to senior vice president for CNN/US, responsible for programming and all editorial content from CNN’s domestic bureaus and Newsource; and Jack Womack, senior vice president for CNN/US, in charge of operations and administration.

    Ryan’s anticipated resignation has been the subject of media speculation for several weeks now. Her ascent at CNN coincided with the network falling behind rival Fox News Channel, an arm of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Entertainment Group.