Looks like World Business This Week is gone from CNN International's lineup. It was recently removed from the CNN/I schedule and did not air this weekend.

I was browsing around CNN.com tonight and came across a Behind The Scenes Video of God's Warriors. It is a great behind-the-scenes look into the making of the 3-day documentary shown on CNN earlier this year. Definitely worth the watch!

Rusty Dornin - General Assignment Correspondent

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Thanks to Bill for the heads up!

The first edition of CNN Marketplace Middle East has premiered on CNN International. You can view a portion of it here. The program is pretty good, I think they should use the CNN Logo instead of the CNN text, as you'll see in the video clip or the image below. What do you guys think of the program?

ICN is reporting that Delia Gallagher has left the network.

CNN Pressroom - CNN.com offers its latest innovation to CNN Worldwide’s multi-platform political coverage with the creation of a new online home for political junkies. The recently launched CNNPolitics.com melds the newsgathering strength and analytical expertise of the Emmy Award-winning Best Political Team on Television with the vast resources of CNN.com to create the Internet’s premier destination for political news and information.

“With CNNPolitics.com, everyone from the passionate follower to the first-time voter gets the benefit of the unrivaled insights and coverage from our reporters and analysts,” said Mitch Gelman, senior vice president and senior executive producer of CNN.com.

“Users not only get the most up-to-the-minute political news from CNN’s array of correspondents but they also get behind-the-scenes details of how and why the news happened,” said Sam Feist, CNN’s political director.

CNNPolitics.com serves as a one-stop-shop for those who want to know everything going on inside the Beltway and beyond, particularly along the campaign trail. CNNPolitics.com features streaming live video from political events, interviews with top newsmakers, CNN’s comprehensive political video library, exclusive online reporting, user generated content and feedback from the audience. In keeping with CNN.com’s unmatched usability, all of the latest and most important political stories and video are easily accessible from the throughout the service – online and via CNN’s mobile distribution partners.

Also included as part of CNNPolitics.com are the in-depth Election Center special section and the popular Political Ticker blog. The Political Ticker provides a constant stream of political news – as it happens – from hundreds of CNN journalists, keeping users informed of the latest political news with dispatches 24 hours a day every day. The Election Center enables users to dig deeply into details about the candidates, their campaigns and their positions on the issues most important to voters and includes detailed coverage of debates, fund-raising and state-by-state analysis.

For a more light-hearted play at politics, users can match up 2008 candidates in a game of Presidential Pong, a political version of the famed video game, or check out the daily “Political Humor” area of the main page.

The launch of CNNPolitics.com is yet another step in CNN’s quest to re-energize and reinvent political coverage through bold innovations like the CNN/YouTube debates; the daily Situation Room, which has become can’t-miss political television; long-form specials like the Broken Government series; and the network’s ground-breaking mobile bureau, the CNN Election Express.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - Innovative Election Reports, Complete with 25-Foot Video Wall & Blog Party, Cited for Live Breaking News

The National Academy of Television and Arts and Sciences awarded CNN an Emmy award for the network’s live minute-by-minute coverage of the 2006 Election Day, in which Democrats took control of both the U.S. House and Senate for the first time in 12 years. The academy presented the 28th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 24, during a black-tie ceremony at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City.

“We’re pleased the Emmys have recognized CNN for having The Best Political Team on Television,” said Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. “Our inventive Election Night coverage – combining dazzling production with rock-solid information – is the hallmark of what CNN is all about: We’re the place where the news comes alive.”

For Election Night in 2006, CNN rolled out the latest newsgathering and news production technology to offer viewers the most content-rich election programming available anywhere. CNN’s 25-foot-wide video wall offered real-time information at a glance, offering vote tallies, live reports and other data from around the country simultaneously. A “smart screen” provided an interactive demonstration of the balance of power in both the House and Senate as results poured into the newsroom.

A breadth of political talent enabled the network to not only staff the studio with top analysts and correspondents but to place them strategically across the country for live reports from the scenes of the key races themselves.

In addition, CNN hosted its first “CNN E-lection Night Blog Party” in which the nation’s top political bloggers gathered to provide their own perspctives of the election.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

Soledad O'Brien - Special Correspondent, CNN/U.S.

Melissa Long - Anchor, CNN.com Live

CNN Pressroom - Network to Air Full Interview on Anderson Cooper 360° on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 10 p.m. (ET)

CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour conducts an extensive interview with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday, Sept. 26, after the embattled leader finishes a tour of New York City that includes an address to the U.N. General Assembly, a videoconference with the National Press Club and an event before 600 students and faculty at Columbia University.

Parts of the interview will air throughout the day on both CNN/U.S. and CNN International with the full interview airing that evening during Anderson Cooper 360° at 10 p.m. (ET) Amanpour will provide live reports and analysis throughout the day.

Amanpour’s interview with Ahmadinejad marks her second with the Iranian president. She first interviewed him in September 2005 just hours before he addressed delegates at the U.N. General Assembly claiming Iran has a right to pursue nuclear power.

As the network’s chief international correspondent, Amanpour has not only reported on most crises from many of the world’s hotspots, including Afghanistan, the Balkans, Iran, Iraq, the Middle East, Pakistan and Somalia but has interviewed many of the world’s most important leaders. Such assignments have included exclusive interviews with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Pakistan’s Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Jordan’s King Abdullah and King Hussein, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Russia’s Mikhail Gorbachev.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Presroom - Emmy Winner’s Arrival Marks Expansion of News Network’s Investigative Efforts

Abbie Boudreau, a multiple Emmy-winning investigative reporter with ABC15 in Phoenix, will join CNN as an investigative correspondent, it was announced today by Mark Nelson, vice president and senior executive producer of CNN Productions which produces CNN: Special Investigations Unit, CNN Presents and other programming. Boudreau, who will join CNN Oct. 15, will be based at the network’s world headquarters in Atlanta.

“Abbie comes as a welcome addition to CNN as we continue expanding our investigative reporting with CNN: Special Investigations Unit and other long-form programming and investigative packages,” Nelson said. “In Phoenix, she demonstrated the rare ability to uncover stories with national implications from a local station. With the resources of CNN at her disposal, we anticipate even more high-impact results.”

“Investigative reporting is my passion, and I’m honored to join CNN as it expands its enterprise reporting efforts through Special Investigations Unit and other distinctive programs,” Boudreau said.

While at ABC15, Boudreau’s investigations exposed a cult posing as a drug-rehabilitation center for teenagers and uncovered improper spending habits of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a report that won her a regional Edward R. Murrow award. In 2005, she was the first to report a possible design flaw produced by Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., the nation’s fourth largest tire manufacturer. A year later, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation into possible tire tread-separation defects in a line of Cooper tires.

Boudreau joined ABC15 after working as an investigative reporter and fill-in anchor for WWMT in Kalamazoo, Mich. She began her career in Dubuque, Iowa, as a reporter.

Boudreau’s awards include four Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards for investigative reporting and writing, two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and honors from such groups as the Arizona AP Broadcasters Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and the American College of Emergency Physicians. Recently, her investigation into Cooper Tires earned her another regional Emmy nomination.

Boudreau received her bachelor’s degree from Loyola University of Chicago and her master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

Watching Robin & Company this morning and Robin mentioned Elizabeth Cohen being CNN's Senior Medical Correspondent now. This is great! Elizabeth has done some great reporting. This must have recently happened because I haven't heard them mention this while listening to the CNN/U.S. audio stream at work. Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Last night they showed an interview on CNN Newsroom with Suzanne Malveaux where they had some great camera work which showed off the Atlanta newsroom just a bit. You can view it here.

Check out CNN International on www.Vingo.tv! CNN/I has formed a partnership with the site to brodcast the network on their site, along with several other well-known networks. Unfortunately for those of us in the US and Canada, we still cannot see the network. I registered and even though I told them I wasn't from the US, they weren't buying it. lol

This month, CNN International is launching CNN Marketplace Middle East, the first program for the network dedicated to financial news from the Middle East.

John Defterios will host the series from the European Broadcast Center in London. Long-time viewers of the network might remember him from now-defunct sister network CNNfn and also when he hosted World Business Today for CNN International.

The 15-minute program will air twice on Friday and repeated throughout the weekend. It will include segments such as "The Headlines" covering corporate news, a "Face Time" interview segment, and "In Focus": an in-depth feature on a specific company, industry or economic trend.

Look for it to air air each Friday at 0915 BST / 1015 CET and 2045 BST / 2145 CET. Repeats will air Saturdays at 0645 BST / 0745 CET and Sundays 0815 BST / 0915 CET

It seems that Asieh Namdar from CNN International and Headline News is anchoring Now In The News on CNN.com Live today.

Melissa Long - Anchor, CNN.com Live

John Roberts - Anchor, American Morning
CNN/U.S.

Richelle Carey - Correspondent, Prime News with Erica Hill
Anchor, Prime News Breaks
Headline News

I've been noticed a taped second hour of Anderson Cooper 360° for a few weeks now and Michael Learmonth confirms in Variety that it's gonna be taped for the immediate future.

Update: CNN sent a statement to TVNewser stating that Today's Variety story is wrong. Read more here...

Commentator to Be Featured in New Campbell Brown Series and Other CNN Programs

Gloria Borger, a leading political journalist and contributing editor with U.S. News & World Report, will join CNN as a senior political analyst, it was announced today by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S.

As an expert on Washington politics, Borger will break news and provide insight surrounding the 2008 election cycle and other political news for Campbell Brown’s upcoming prime-time program and other regular CNN programming and special events. Based in the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau, Borger begins her political analysis for CNN the week of Sept. 17.

“The ‘Best Political Team on Television’ just got even better,” Klein said. “Gloria’s got an unrivaled Rolodex among the people who make news – and make or break presidents – in Washington. She’s always a step ahead in knowing what’s about to happen and why, which will make CNN an even more interesting and essential destination for viewers who want the inside track on this election free-for-all.”

“CNN is re-energizing and reinventing political coverage on television through bold innovations like the YouTube and New Hampshire debates and the daily Situation Room, which has become can’t-miss political television,” Borger said. “I wanted to be a part of that transformation and am honored to join some of the top political journalists anywhere.”

As a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report, Borger writes the “On Politics” column. She joined the magazine in 1986 as a political reporter. Borger has also served as a regular panelist on the PBS public affairs program Washington Week in Review and as the national political correspondent for CBS News.

At CBS News, Borger was a regular panelist on Face the Nation, a Sunday public affairs broadcast, beginning in April 1997. Her role was expanded in March 1999 to include work as a contributor to the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and CBS News’ special events coverage, as well as to 60 Minutes II.

Borger’s journalism career began at the Washington Star in 1975. While there, Borger co-authored a daily serial, “Federal Triangle,” which spoofed political life in Washington and later became a book. She then moved to the Washington bureau of Newsweek magazine in 1978, where she worked as a general assignment reporter covering a variety of stories ranging from the Three Mile Island nuclear accident to presidential campaigns. Politics soon became her beat, and she was named Newsweek’s chief congressional correspondent.

Borger graduated from Colgate University and served nine years as a member of the university’s board of trustees.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - The International Broadcasting Conference (IBC), a leading global association guiding content delivery innovations within the broadcast industry, this weekend honored CNN’s digital newsgathering operations with two of its IBC Innovation awards, including a “Judges’ Prize” for the top innovation of the past year.

CNN’s digital newsgathering also won for “Content Creation,” an award that cited the network’s use of such an innovation for its coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in July 2006.

The IBC Innovation Awards were presented Sunday, Sept. 9, at an awards dinner at the IBC2007 Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The IBC Innovation Awards, inaugurated in 2006, celebrate technical excellence in the broadcast of news and entertainment.

“This is an amazing tribute to CNN’s often unsung heroes – our technical and satellite crews – whose ingenuity and tenacity in getting the job done shines through everyday at CNN,” said Tony Maddox, managing director for CNN International.

In presenting the awards, IBC judges recognized CNN for opening a new chapter in the use of technology in newsgathering through the use of lightweight kits that combine cameras, editing tools and advanced satellite and Internet communications technology into a laptop-based system. This suite of new technologies enable journalists to employ immediate live and video FTP submissions, real-time content monitoring, editing and voice communication from anywhere in the field.

“This is exactly the sort of project that deserves recognition,” said Mike Lumley, jury chairman for the conference. “A major broadcaster had a clear idea of what it wanted to achieve and brought together a team of technical partners to make it happen. In a particularly strong field of entries this year, it was never going to be easy to pick a Judges’ Prize, but this is a most worthy winner.”

For coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, CNN’s anchors broadcast mainly from various locations in the region using conventional uplink dishes allowing correspondents file live reports in remote areas using portable transmission gear they fit into backpacks. At the height of coverage, CNN had deployed about 90 journalists with programs such as Anderson Cooper 360°, American Morning, The Situation Room, Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer and This Week at War all originating from the region. The result of this innovative approach took the story directly to the viewers from multiple angles as it unfolded.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

Fans of Jack Cafferty have started a site GiveCaffertyAShow.com to help get Jack Cafferty his own show, and whether or not CNN has noticed, Jack is getting to host an hour of The Cafferty File in a special later this month during the hour vacated when Paula Zahn left the network. More details on that coming soon... but that brings us to our question:

CNN Observations Poll #9

Should Jack Cafferty have his own show? Yes No Current Results

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Be sure to check out GiveCaffertyAShow.com, and if you're a fan of Jack's, sign the petition. As of this writing the petition is up to 1,420 signatures.

TVNewser is reporting that former CBS correspondent and CNBC anchor Gloria Berger is joining CNN as their Senior Political Analyst, to be featured on Campbell Brown's yet-to-be-named show. What does this mean for current Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider? Will he continue with the same title such as Matthew Chance and Nic Robertson work with the Senior International Correspondent titles? Looks like that might be the case.

CNN Pressroom - ‘Keeping Them Honest’ Examines Progress in Iraq, War on Terrorism in Days Preceding Petraeus Report

Amid the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, and an impending progress report from Gen. David Petraeus about the war in Iraq, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and a team of CNN’s top correspondents travel to Afghanistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia to take full stock of the war on terrorism. As part of the coverage, Cooper will be embedded with U.S. troops as he reports from the front line in an area near Baghdad known as the “Triangle of Death.”

Cooper, who returns to the region for his fourth time, will anchor Anderson Cooper 360° live from Iraq from Monday, Sept. 10, to Friday, Sept. 14, from 10 p.m. to midnight (ET).

During the week, Congress expects to hear testimony from Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker about Iraq’s political and military situation. Petraeus’s final report on the status in Iraq is due to the White House at the end of the week. The program will check in with CNN’s Iraq Fact Desk to separate fact from political spin.

“In the days preceding the Petraeus report and testimony, we are going to Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East to evaluate what is working and not working in the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism,” said David Doss, senior executive producer of Anderson Cooper 360°. “In an ongoing effort to ‘Keeping them Honest,’ our team of reporters will provide viewers with the latest information from Iraq as the general and others are testifying on Capitol Hill.”

In Iraq, correspondent Michael Ware examines new power secured by the former ruling minority Sunni’s and if that power will plunge the country further into civil war. Ware also provides a report on the growing number of unclaimed dead bodies in Iraq. Correspondent Arwa Damon provides reports from an embed assignment in Iraq. Correspondent Gary Tuchman embeds with the U.S. Air Force to offer a series of reports on current military strikes and military training of Iraqi cops and a profile of the busiest trauma center in Iraq.

In Saudi Arabia, senior international correspondent Nic Robertson reports on the Saudi’s biggest bust of Al Qaeda this year, which involved the arrest of more than 90 suspects and the seizure of more than $5 million in cash and a secret arms dump. His reports include a rehabilitation program designed to convert Al Qaeda recruits and the growing conflicts among Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran.

Robertson will also embed with U.S. Army troops in Afghanistan to provide the latest on the fight with both the Taliban and Al Qaeda, as well as the continued hunt for Osama bin Laden. The program also reports on developments in Pakistan, where President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces re-election and the threat of having to share control of this nation.

Anderson Cooper 360° is an in-depth, comprehensive news program that takes a full 360-degree look at the world’s events. The program showcases CNN’s worldwide newsgathering capabilities as well as Anderson Cooper’s unique sensibilities and perspective through a diverse range of live reports and interviews. Anderson Cooper 360° airs on CNN/U.S. each weekday from 10 p.m. to midnight. (ET)

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

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CNN International's Tony Maddox recently announced that CNN is working on expanding its news gathering operations worldwide, therefore would not renew its contract with news agency Reuters.

Inside Cable is noting that CNN really could've used video from Reuters of the new Bin Laden tape. It went with Al-Jazeera International's video, 30 minutes after all other domestic news operations, which was provided coincidentally by Reuters.

Should it have dropped its relationship with Reuters before they expanded their news gathering operation?

I have been wondering where Mary Jo Mitchell has been in the last few weeks, mostly because of new hire Jeff Fischel on Sports duty on the weekends, and it seems she is gone from CNN. I found her Wikipedia entry, which mentions her leaving CNN Headline News due to budget cutbacks, or her image. (If there were budget cutbacks (which there most likely are, as they cut back the dayside anchors from 2 to 1), why would they have hired Jeff Fischel?) I checked in with WLEX-TV, where she came to CNN from, and found that she's back with WLEX-TV as sports anchor, also using her married name (or could be her maiden name which she may have used while there before).

On WLEX-TV's website, it says "It was there [at CNN] she realized how much she missed Lexington and all it has to offer."... so there's no telling why she actually left the network.

I thought she was a great sports anchor and addition to CNN, and she will definitely be missed.

Greg Hunter - Consumer Affairs and Investigative Correspondent

Kate Bouldan - CNN Newsource National Correspondent

Justin Armsden - CNN International Sports Anchor

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Thanks to Bill for passing these updates along.

Jennifer Westhoven will be in Atlanta tomorrow filing business reports there for Robin & Company and the morning edition of Headline News.

CNN En Español anchor Juan Carlos Lopez is on CNN Newsroom right now talking with Fredricka Whitfield about tonight's Democratic Presidential Debate broadcast on the network Univision.

CNN Pressroom - CNN strengthens its political coverage with the establishment of three campaign “mini” bureaus in key 2008 early election states—Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. This commitment of resources adds to CNN’s unparalleled access into each state’s political happenings and insights into the candidates’ relationships with voters there.

The mini bureaus, already operational, are staffed by CNN producers and will increase their resources as the primaries and caucuses approach. They will be located at three CNN Newsource affiliate stations: Hearst-Argyle Television’s KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa, and WMUR-TV in Manchester, N.H.; and Raycom’s WIS-TV in Columbia, S.C. All CNN material produced in these mini bureaus will be available to each of the more than 800 CNN Newsource affiliates, augmenting the comprehensive content available to them each day.

“Our daily presence through these mini bureaus offers a local perspective to a national story that you cannot get from reporting only within the Beltway or following individual campaigns,” said CNN political director Sam Feist. “Thanks to the strong relationships with all of our CNN Newsource affiliates, we are able to extend the resources of the best political team on television even further, offering the best coverage anywhere of the 2008 presidential election.”

Equipped with state-of-the-art production capabilities and high-definition cameras, the mini bureaus will be staffed full time until after each state’s election day.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - Launch of CNN HD Is Company's First 24-Hour News Network in High Definition

CNN Worldwide this week launched its first 24-hour news network in high definition, marking the company’s global commitment to provide more news and information in that format for years to come.

CNN HD, which was made available on Saturday, Sept. 1, stands as a separate high-definition signal offering a programming line-up identical to the CNN/U.S. channel broadcast in the standard-definition format. As part of its initial entry into high-definition television, CNN will produce all of its New York-based programs, select documentaries and special events, including Planet in Peril and presidential debates, in high definition.

The launch of CNN HD is part of a continued rollout of high-definition offerings and innovations. CNN Worldwide’s high-definition plans go beyond upgrades of studios and production centers and include a significant investment in equipment in the field to ensure that its journalists can gather news in high definition. For example, crews will be equipped with a combination of HD cameras, laptop editors, trucks and fly-aways and the CNN Election Express, the network’s mobile HD production unit.

“As part of our strategic growth, we are aggressively investing in our newsgathering efforts worldwide to bolster CNN’s delivery of news and information across all available platforms and services,” said Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. “Our move into HD is one of many significant ventures we have undertaken this year to increase CNN’s edge as the world’s news leader.”

For CNN HD, programs produced in high definition will include American Morning, CNN’s new 8 p.m. program anchored by Campbell Brown, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Anderson Cooper 360º, Lou Dobbs Weekend, Your $$$$$ and Open House. High-definition programming also includes Planet in Peril, a sweeping four-hour documentary featuring Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin. Filmed in high definition across four continents and 13 countries, Planet in Peril will air over two nights on CNN/U.S. on Tuesday, Oct. 23, and Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. (ET/PT).

CNN’s first documentary filmed entirely in high definition will be CNN: Special Investigations Unit documentary Fed Up: America’s Killer Diet featuring Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent. It will air on Saturday, Sept. 22, and Sunday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. (ET). CNN’s next two presidential debates – a Nov. 15 Democratic debate co-sponsored with the Nevada Democratic Party in Las Vegas and a Nov. 28 Republican debate co-sponsored with YouTube in Florida – will both be shot and produced in a high-definition format for live broadcasts.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source 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; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

Pre-order your copy here. Below is an summary from the publisher.

"Very little of my backstory qualifies as Hallmark Card material, but it may help you to make sense of the way I see and interpret what's going on around me."
-Jack Cafferty

For the millions who watch the "Cafferty File" on CNN's The Situation Room, Jack Cafferty stands for common sense-the much-needed voice of reason who skewers right-wing nut jobs and liberal eggheads alike. For years, he's voiced the views, hopes, and fears of the average American in inimitable style. Now, in It's Getting Ugly Out There, he brings that level-headed wisdom to bear on the most critical issues facing us today-and explains why Americans must take our country back from those who are harming it.

"It's been a target-rich seven years for someone like me who enjoys pushing people's buttons and sticking pins in things that need pricking, from rich and fatuous celebrities offering foreign policy analysis to the latest lying Beltway blowhard impaling himself on his sword of pomposity. . . . Anyone familiar with my daily 'Cafferty File' segments on CNN's The Situation Room knows I'm not exactly what you'd call the mainstream media's poster boy for feel-good news and commentary. In your face is more like it."

"I'm no shrink, but I have the sense Bush has carried an angry chip on his shoulder much of his pampered life, seething just beneath the good-old-boy surface."

"The bottom line is that our government no longer works for us. The government works for the lobbyists who have had a big hand in influencing (if not helping to draft) legislation favoring not the average American citizen but instead big business: health insurance, pharmaceutical and oil companies, and defense contractors, among others. These are the guys who can make the kinds of political contributions that are needed to finance today's multi-million-dollar political campaigns."

"We want our troops home, but we also want a new army of elected officials to march into Washington and take a fresh, uncorrupted look at the needs of the vast majority of Americans. If these two parties, however 2008 breaks, can't fix what's broken, this way of life as we've known it may vanish into some deep, dark crevasse."

Houston Chronicle - Sibila Vargas, a CNN entertainment reporter and anchor, will become an anchor of Channel 26's morning show on Oct. 1.

Vargas' career has been largely linked with the entertainment world. Before joining CNN she was a freelance entertainment reporter for the CW affiliate in Los Angeles and a host or co-host for such shows as ABC's The View, TV Guide Channel's Hollywood Insider and the syndicated shows Manhunt and Real TV.

She also has appeared in cameo, usually as a reporter, on several television dramas, including Charmed, The Practice and ER.

"I've been wanting to go back to my roots and do hard news," said Vargas, who will move here with her husband, cameraman Alex Pappas, and their two sons, ages 6 and 1. The move here, Vargas said, "is a blessing to my family. Houston is one of the places my husband said he'd like to move to."

She began her broadcasting career as a writer and producer at the CW station in her native New York City. She is a cum laude graduate from Long Island University.

D'Artagnan Bebel, KRIV general manager, hailed Vargas' "passion for news," while Kathy Williams, Channel 26 news director, said, "Sibila's personality and style are perfectly suited for our program. A seasoned news veteran, she brings a unique perspective to this position that will be an asset to our show."

Has anyone seen her on-air yet?