CNN

Basic facts
Location:| Atlanta, Georgia
Type:| News Media
Top official:| Vacant
Founder(s):| Ted Turner
Year founded:| 1980
Website:| Official website

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Presidential debates (2015-2016)
* 3 Leadership
* 3.1 CNN
* 3.2 CNN.com
* 4 Statistics
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

CNN, the common initialism for Cable News Network, is a news media outlet founded by Ted Turner in 1980. CNN consists of the cable news network CNN and its international affiliates as well as CNN.com.

CNN.com is one of the most visited news websites, with almost 65,000 unique visitors a month, according to the Pew Research Center.[1] CNN is a division of Turner Broadcasting System Inc., which, in turn, is a division of WarnerMedia.

## Background[edit]

CNN first launched on June 1, 1980, as the first 24-hour news cable satellite channel. Founded by Ted Turner, the network began with 1.7 million subscribers, but viewership had increased to 33 million by 1983.[2]

CNN Center in Atlanta, Ga.

As of December 2021, CNN reaches 78.2 million households in the U.S. and 370 million households worldwide, according to its website. Its branded networks and services “are available to more than 2 billion people in more than 200 countries and territories,” while CNN Digital “registers more than 200 million unique visitors globally each month.”[3]

As of December 2021, CNN employed around 3,000 employees worldwide and had a total of 39 "editorial operations," with 11 in the U.S. and 28 around the globe.[3]

## Presidential debates (2015-2016)[edit]

See also: Presidential debates (2015-2016)

In June 2015, it was announced that Jake Tapper of CNN would moderate the Republican presidential primary debate on September 16, 2015. The debate, hosted by CNN, took place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library.[4] The debate hosted 16 candidates in two back-to-back debates.[5]

## Leadership[edit]

### CNN[edit]

As of February 2022, Michael Bass, Amy Entelis, and Ken Jautz serve as co-heads of CNN. Their appointment was announced on February 2 by Jason Kilar, the CEO of CNN parent WarnerMedia, following the resignation of Jeff Zucker as president of CNN Worldwide.[6]

Below is a list of the executive leadership for the cable network as of February 2022:[7]

* Ken Jautz, Executive Vice President, CNN
* Michael Bass, Executive Vice President of Programming, CNN U.S.
* Johnita P. Due, Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, WarnerMedia News and Sports
* Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President of Talent and Content Development, CNN Worldwide
* Sam Feist, Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Vice President
* Brad Ferrer, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration, WarnerMedia News and Sports
* Robin Garfield, Executive Vice President of Research and Scheduling, CNN
* Allison Gollust, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, CNN Worldwide
* Mike McCarthy, Executive Vice President and General Manager, CNN International
* Andrew Morse, EVP, Chief Digital Officer of CNN Worldwide and Head of CNN+
* Virginia Moseley, Senior Vice President of Newsgathering, CNN US
* Rani R. Raad, President, CNN Worldwide Commercial
* Lisa Reeves, Senior Vice President, Talent Negotiations
* Ellen Russ, Senior Vice President & Head of HR for WarnerMedia News and Sports
* Calvin Sims, Executive Vice President of Standards and Practices
* David Vigilante, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for CNN and Warner Media News and Sports

### CNN.com[edit]

Below is a list of the executive leadership for the CNN digital as of August 2015:[8]

* Andrew Morse, Executive Vice President of Editorial, CNN U.S.
* Meredith Artley, Editor in Chief, CNN Digital
* Alex Wellen, Chief Product Officer, CNN
* Chris Berend, Vice President for Video Development
* Dewey Reid, Vice President, Executive Creative Director, CNN
* Kristi Halford, Senior Director, Business Development, CNN Digital

## Statistics[edit]

Below is a brief overview of viewership and demographic information for CNN.

Stats on the CNN

* Viewership
* Daytime viewership:[9]
* 2010: 450K, #2 (#1 Fox News and #3 MSNBC)
* 2011: 474K, #2 (#1 Fox News and #3 MSNBC)
* 2012: 406K, #3 (#1 Fox News and #2 MSNBC)
* 2013: 455K, #2 (#1 Fox News and #3 MSNBC)
* 2014: 453K, #2 (#1 Fox News and #3 MSNBC)
* Primetime viewership:[1]
* 2010: 600K, #3 (#1 Fox News and #2 MSNBC)
* 2011: 700K, #3 (#1 Fox News and #2 MSNBC)
* 2012: 600K, #3 (#1 Fox News and #2 MSNBC)
* 2013: 500K, #3 (#1 Fox News and #2 MSNBC)
* 2014: 500K, #3 (#1 Fox News and #2 MSNBC)
* Demographics[10]
* Age: 18-29 year olds: 21%; 30-49: 33%; 50-64: 28%; 65+: 15% (as of September, 2012)
* Gender: Male: 50%; Female: 50% (as of September, 2012)
* Education: College grad. and post-grad.: 29%; some college: 33%; H.S. or less: 38% (as of September, 2012)
* Income: $75k+: 24%; $30k-$74,999: 37%; less than $30k: 31% (as of September, 2012)
* Digital information:[11]
* Site engagement: 1 min, 30 secs average time per visit; 9.9 average pages per month; 6.6 visits per month; each unique visitor spends 35.5 minutes on CNN.com per month (as of September, 2013)Cite error: Closing `</ref>` missing for `<ref>` tag
* 60% of CNN.com's unique visitor traffic is direct, while 40% is via search engines or social media (as of September, 2013).[12]
* Total number of unique visitors per month (as of May, 2013): 39,559; (as of 2015): 64,288[1]

## See also[edit]

* Jake Tapper
* Presidential debates (2015-2016)
* CNN Republican debate (September 16, 2015)

## External links[edit]

* The Cable News Network Official Website
* CNN on Twitter
* CNN on YouTube
* CNN on Facebook
* Time Warner

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pew Research Center, "Cable News: Fact Sheet," April 30, 2015
2. ↑ Library of Congress, "CNN Launched 6/1/1980," March, 2009
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNN Press Room, "CNN Worldwide Fact Sheet," accessed February 2, 2022
4. ↑ CNN, "Jake Tapper to moderate CNN's first GOP debate," June 14, 2015
5. ↑ Politico, "16 GOP candidates invited to CNN debate," August 11, 2015
6. ↑ CNN, "CNN President Jeff Zucker resigns over consensual relationship with key lieutenant," February 2, 2022
7. ↑ CNN, "Leadership," accessed February 2, 2022
8. ↑ CNN, "Digital Leadership," accessed August 21, 2015
9. ↑ Pew Research Center, "Cable TV: Daytime Viewership," accessed August 21, 2015
10. ↑ Pew Research Center, "Section 4: Demographics and Political Views of News Audiences," accessed August 24, 2015
11. ↑ Pew Research Center, "Social, Search and Direct, Pathways to Digital News," accessed August 24, 2015
12. ↑ Pew Research Center, "Audience Routes: Direct, Search & Facebook," accessed August 24, 2015

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