CNN, Los Angeles Times Join for Critical Super Tuesday Debates in California
CNN Pressroom - Back-to-back Debates in 2008 Feature Republican Candidates on Jan. 30, Democratic Hopefuls on Jan. 31
CNN and the Los Angeles Times have teamed up to sponsor two key presidential debates in California in the days preceding the Super Tuesday primaries on Feb. 5, 2008. Republican presidential candidates will meet on Jan. 30, 2008, while the Democratic candidates will gather on Jan. 31.
Information on exact times, locations and other details of these debates will be forthcoming.
“Now that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has moved the California primaries to Feb. 5, Californians, along with other Super Tuesday voters, will influence the presidential nomination process earlier than ever before,” said Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. “We’re delighted to continue our traditional debates with the Los Angeles Times in the days before those critical primaries to help millions of Americans cast the most informed votes possible.”
“California's voters will play an enormously important role in the outcome of the 2008 election, and the Los Angeles Times is honored to co-host these historic debates,” said Los Angeles Times Publisher David D. Hiller. “As the essential source for news and information in Southern California, The Times looks forward to working with CNN again to bring the presidential contenders together in a public forum.”
To date, CNN has officially announced its sponsorship of several key presidential debates for the 2008 campaign, including two in New Hampshire in June 2007, another in Nevada slated for November 2007 and one in South Carolina planned for January 2008.
The Los Angeles Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily readership of nearly 2.2 million and 3.3 million on Sunday. The Los Angeles Times and its media businesses - including latimes.com, TheEnvelope/theenvelope.com, Times Community Newspapers, Recycler Classifieds, Hoy, and California Community News - reach approximately 8.1 million or 62% of all adults in the Southern California marketplace every week.
The Los Angeles Times, has been covering Southern California for over 125 years and is part of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB), one of the country's leading media companies with businesses in publishing, the Internet and broadcasting. Additional information about the Los Angeles Times is available at www.latimes.com/mediacenter.
CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is one of the world’s most respected and trusted sources for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; four Web sites, including CNN.com, the first major news and information Web site; CNN Pipeline, CNN.com’s premium live video news service; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and partnerships for four television networks and two Web sites.
CNN and the Los Angeles Times have teamed up to sponsor two key presidential debates in California in the days preceding the Super Tuesday primaries on Feb. 5, 2008. Republican presidential candidates will meet on Jan. 30, 2008, while the Democratic candidates will gather on Jan. 31.
Information on exact times, locations and other details of these debates will be forthcoming.
“Now that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has moved the California primaries to Feb. 5, Californians, along with other Super Tuesday voters, will influence the presidential nomination process earlier than ever before,” said Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. “We’re delighted to continue our traditional debates with the Los Angeles Times in the days before those critical primaries to help millions of Americans cast the most informed votes possible.”
“California's voters will play an enormously important role in the outcome of the 2008 election, and the Los Angeles Times is honored to co-host these historic debates,” said Los Angeles Times Publisher David D. Hiller. “As the essential source for news and information in Southern California, The Times looks forward to working with CNN again to bring the presidential contenders together in a public forum.”
To date, CNN has officially announced its sponsorship of several key presidential debates for the 2008 campaign, including two in New Hampshire in June 2007, another in Nevada slated for November 2007 and one in South Carolina planned for January 2008.
The Los Angeles Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily readership of nearly 2.2 million and 3.3 million on Sunday. The Los Angeles Times and its media businesses - including latimes.com, TheEnvelope/theenvelope.com, Times Community Newspapers, Recycler Classifieds, Hoy, and California Community News - reach approximately 8.1 million or 62% of all adults in the Southern California marketplace every week.
The Los Angeles Times, has been covering Southern California for over 125 years and is part of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB), one of the country's leading media companies with businesses in publishing, the Internet and broadcasting. Additional information about the Los Angeles Times is available at www.latimes.com/mediacenter.
CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is one of the world’s most respected and trusted sources for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; four Web sites, including CNN.com, the first major news and information Web site; CNN Pipeline, CNN.com’s premium live video news service; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and partnerships for four television networks and two Web sites.
Labels: CNN Domestic
posted by Dustin at
12:52 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home