Latest CNN Digital traffic numbers following Friday's earthquake in Japan
CNN - Following Friday’s earthquake in Japan, people around the world have sought the latest news and information – be they stories of tragedy or triumph – from CNN across all of its platforms, including the network’s presence on social networks. In fact, the network’s breaking news account on Twitter, @CNNBrk, just this morning exceeded four million followers. And that number continues to rise at a rate ten times greater than the average.
CNN.com also has seen extremely high traffic increases since Friday. Between Friday, March 11 and Sunday, March 13, CNN.com has served 264 million global page views and 87 million global video streams. More CNN.com video was watched in those three days than it had in total for the prior 30 days. (Source: Omniture Global)
CNN Plans Live Programming of President Obama’s Speech in Arizona
CNN Press Release - CNN will provide live programming of President Obama’s speech at 8 p.m. ET with Wolf Blitzer anchoring. Chief national correspondent John King and national political correspondent Jessica Yellin will provide coverage of the victims’ memorial service and the latest details about Saturday's tragedy in Tucson. Tonight’s coverage also will include historian Douglas Brinkley, CNN senior political analyst David Gergen, and former presidential speechwriter Michael Gerson.
Beginning at 8 p.m. ET, the President’s speech also will be live streamed on CNN.com and via the CNN App for iPad, and CNN App for iPhone and iPod touch.
CNN Press Release - One year after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti killing tens of thousands of people, CNN revisits the embattled country to see if progress has been made, reporting across many networks and platforms, including CNN/U.S., CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN.com and CNN Radio.
From the billion dollars pledged – but not delivered – by the international community to the seemingly permanent tent city, CNN looks at what promises have been kept and which ones have been broken. CNN’s Gary Tuchman, CNN International's Ivan Watson, CNN Radio's Steve Kastenbaum and CNN en Español's Diulka Perez will report on these issues and more this week from Port-au-Prince. Also, tune in to Anderson Cooper 360° from 10-11pm ET this Tuesday and Wednesday for special Keeping Them Honest segments on Haiti.
CNN Press Release - Visually-Rich Design Surfaces Enterprise Reporting and User Comments, Features Live Breaking News Video
CNN today announced its CNN App for iPad is now available on the App Store. The CNN App is designed to provide users with an immersive and visual news experience that takes full advantage of iPad’s expansive real estate and Multi Touch interface. Simultaneous to this launch, the CNN App for iPhone and iPod touch in the U.S. will be available for free, and a major update to the International version will add live breaking news video.
"High quality, world-class journalism is what CNN does best, whether live breaking news, hard-hitting interviews or in-depth investigations, and our iPad app presents that content to the world in a wholly new way," said KC Estenson, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com. "This app harnesses the best of what the iPad offers by leveraging striking photos and videos; elegant, multi-touch navigation; and the ability to share content with your friends via social media."
Focused on creating a transformative news experience for its audience, the CNN App for iPad combines stunning imagery with the most compelling reporting from CNN, including text stories, blog posts, photo galleries, and live or on-demand video. Users have the ability to toggle between U.S. and International News Preferences, both of which serve live video of breaking news and select events as they happen. Additionally, when in the U.S. News Preference, users can listen to hourly audio news updates from CNN Radio.
The CNN App also places strong emphasis on user participation, adding an easily accessible user comment feature that runs alongside content on the screen. Additionally, users can share text stories, images and videos from the App via email, Facebook and Twitter.
"One of the things about the app that excites us most is the ability to serve the news needs of iPad users while also exposing them to original, enterprise content from CNN that will surprise and delight them," said Louis Gump, vice president of CNN Mobile. "The CNN App was built from the ground up with our consumers in mind, and we are proud of the new CNN experience we’ve created for the device."
The CNN App for iPad provides users with three viewing options: Broadsheet, List View and Slide Show.
Broadsheet, the default view, presents up to 350 of the latest news stories in a grid-format featuring powerful imagery and headlines. Users can dive more deeply into a topic by selecting from any of the headlines or from a variety of topics. In addition, users can access the "Featured" section, which houses editorially-curated stories representing a cross-section of CNN’s most enterprising reporting. Finally, Broadsheet’s "Video" section includes a premium collection of on-demand video clips from CNN’s television networks and CNN.com.
List View features a running list of headlines by topic and by category.
Slide Show allows users to scroll or swipe through a visual presentation of the day’s top headlines.
Finally, to keep news fresh, the app will be updated in real-time as important stories break, and users will be notified of breaking news headlines via Push Notification.
Launch advertiser Lexus will be featured in the CNN App for iPad in the U.S.
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 Press Release - Interactive App Features Ability to Follow News by Topic, Upload iReports and Watch Video
Following the launch of CNN’s acclaimed app for the iPhone and iPod touch in the United States last year, CNN today announced the availability of the international version of the CNN App on the App Store. Available free of charge to users outside of the U.S., the international version of the CNN App is purpose-built and designed to provide a visually-driven news experience for iPhone and iPod touch users who demand accessibility and convenience.
"CNN’s new app will offer our international audience a fantastic mobile experience for iPhone and iPod touch, delivering unique features and a user-friendly design,” said Louis Gump, vice president of Mobile at CNN. “Simply put, this is CNN’s world-class news in a world-class app. CNN is completely dedicated to meeting the needs of consumers and this app is an important contribution to that effort.”
Maximising the revolutionary features of iOS 4, the CNN App features push notification; regionalisation and personalisationtools; and more. The CNN app showcases important global news through text, video and photos, and also includes user-generated content capture and upload functionality through iReport, CNN’s user-generated news community.
“Our users, including many business travelers, understand that the world is a highly connected place,” said Nick Wrenn, vice president of digital services for CNN International. “Our aim with the CNN App is to serve their mobile needs, putting relevant news, analysis and video right at their fingertips in a form that is both personally relevant and easy to use.”
CNN App Features include: “My CNN” Personalisation - Ability to “follow” a story or topic: As CNN publishes new stories and developments related to topics designated by the user, the app will automatically alert the user by pushing a notification to the device. - “Saved” content functionality gives users access to text stories that interest them anytime, anywhere – even when they’re offline. - Regionally-targeted news based on the user’s selection of content from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America or the Middle East. iReport - Provides a direct gateway to CNN’s user-generated news community, iReport. - Lets users browse user-generated content; register, sign-in to their account or sign on as a guest to capture and instantly upload user-generated photos and videos (with the iPhone 3GS and above). - Users can also browse iReport’s latest “assignments,” asking the community to weigh in on various news stories. Latest Headlines - Easy to navigate: Users can easily flick through news stories across categories including Top Stories, U.S., Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Business, Sport, Entertainment, Tech and Travel. - Easy to consume: Each story features bulleted highlights above the full article, designed to satisfy mobile “snackers,” allowing them to easily scan through the latest stories. - Easy to share: Users can share stories via email, Twitter and Facebook directly from the CNN App. - Easy to view: White text on black background provides excellent viewing experience Video on-demand: The App provides access to an extensive selection of on-demand video clips across many categories, including World, Most Popular, Sport, Business, U.S., Entertainment, Tech and CNN en Español.
The CNN App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at http://itunes.com/apps. For more information about the CNN App, go to www.cnn.com/mobile.
Launch advertiser Suzlon, a leading wind power company, will be featured in the international CNN App with banner ads.
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 Press Release - Top interviews, global reach help take network's coverage beyond borders
Putting football fans at the heart of its 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage, 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.
“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,” said Tony Maddox, executive vice president and managing director of CNN International. “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.
About the coverage on CNN International:
CNN International's South Africa 2010 coverage will extend beyond its daily sport show, ‘ World Sport' , and appear in every program in its lineup, offering viewers match highlights, fan reaction and top storylines around the clock. On Friday, 11 June Isha Sesay will host an hour-long special at 1200 ET/1700 BST 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 at 1700 ET/2200 BST. 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.
About the 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 passionate and entertaining 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. Go here to see some of the current Super Fans and to learn more about becoming one.
About the coverage on CNN en Español:
CNN en Español joins the World Cup fever and is calling on all Super Fans and “FANalysts” to be a part of the network's historic coverage of this global event. Through iReport , fans in the region can be a part of CNN en Español's coverage of the World Cup by becoming “FANalysts” and sending their thoughts on the teams and how they expect them to perform.
In the days leading to the Cup, CNN en Español will present a daily “Cuenta Regresiva” (Countdown) segment highlighting the teams, players, stadiums, and the stories that are making headlines, including interviews, special reports and analysis. "Deportes CNN" will offer three daily updates before and after every game, including expert analysis on the Cup as well as a nightly outlook on the games of the next day at 1930 ET. Super Fan and “FANalista” iReports will be shown during these updates.
Philips chooses CNN as media home for inaugural Livable Cities Award
CNN Press Release - Award goes live on CNN platforms May 25th as primary element of Philips’ new branding campaign
Royal Philips Electronics has chosen CNN International (EMEA) and its US sister network HLN (formerly Headline News) as its commercial media partners for its inaugural Livable Cities Award. This new global Award is designed to encourage the development of simple solutions to improve the health and well-being of people living in cities. The total prize fund, valued at €125,000, is available to individuals, community groups and businesses to help translate practical, achievable ideas that make cities better places in which to live. The campaign launches 25th May, and will be promoted in commercial time on CNN International and HLN through to early spring 2011, and will live online at www.cnn.com/livablecities.
Philips is harnessing the expertise of Turner Commercial Productions (CNN Ad Sales’ dedicated commercial production unit) in creating innovative, bespoke campaign elements. The ambitious new global award forms part of Philips’ strategic campaign to drive engagement around a topic that reflects its brand values. The Award’s focus aligns with Philips’ brand messaging, which centres on the importance of creating meaningful innovations to improve people’s health and well-being. In addition the Award provides a framework for repeat brand interactions with a target audience of corporate influencers. “This cross-platform solution has audience engagement at its heart and is designed to maximise Philips’ commitment to helping people in urban communities achieve healthy, fulfilled lives. By creating the Livable Cities Award with CNN Ad Sales, Philips is able to create a branded environment to invite ongoing dialogue with a targeted audience,” says Max Raven, Senior VP Advertising Sales, CNN International.
The Livable Cities Award represents an ongoing forum for Philips to address global trends as highlighted by the WHO World Health Day project this year – ‘Urbanization and Health’, in a way that also complements their desire to promote their credentials as a leader in the health and well-being space.
The media agency is Carat International. The commercial partnership between CNN and Philips around the Award builds on Philips’ commercial association last month with CNN’s ‘Urban Planet’. The week long ‘Urban Planet’ programming focussed on the well-being of city dwellers, launching in line with World Health Day; and will enjoy a second burst of activity in November around the World Health Organisation’s Global Forum on Urbanization and Health in Kobe, Japan. Philips’ branding will appear May 22nd and 23rd on CNN around a repeat airing of the ‘Urban Planet’ special, the weekend before the launch of the Livable Cities Award.
About the Award promotion on CNN The initiative will run at the intervals below over the next 12 months on CNN on in commercial time, targeting a corporate audience, and will be supported with a commercial online hub providing a bespoke destination for interested parties and inspired by the newly announced WHO campaign 1,000 Cities, 1,000 Lives:
• To coincide with 25th May launch, CNN International EMEA and HLN will air two 60” announcement films which will run over a four week period. • From 27th September to 24th October, in the run up to the WHO Global Forum on Urbanization and Health in Japan in November, four 60” films will showcase the best of the entries to date reminding interested parties that they can enter via the dedicated online hub until October 28th. • Over six weeks in early spring 2011, 30” films will feature each category shortlist and viewers/users will be encouraged to vote on-line and have their say in the final choice of who should win the first ever Livable Cities Award. • A 60” film about the successful winner’s idea will run on air for two weeks. • Philips will feature prominently as CNN’s commercial partner for World Health Day 2011 giving further opportunity to show the 60” winner’s film on air and online. • The films will also be available to view on the Philips Livable Cities Award hub and this footage will be refreshed throughout the campaign encouraging repeat interaction with the site.
About the Livable Cities Award • The awards are designed to reward the best ideas – from individuals or organisations - for encouraging cities and individuals to improve their health at a global and regional level.
The award categories are:
- Well-being Outdoors: initiatives that will help citizens feel safe in public spaces or help create city identity and foster a sense of belonging; - Independent Living: initiatives that will help the growing number of elderly people living alone to feel secure and comfortable in a city, with with appropriate access to healthcare - Healthy Lifestyle at Work and Home: initiatives that will support a healthy body and mind, whether through a person’s surroundings or via other essentials such as exercise, sleep and diet.
• An expert panel of judges is being enlisted to assess entries to The Livable Cities Award. They will be tasked with choosing the ideas that will best help improve the lives and health of urban dwellers across the globe. • American urban studies theorist, Professor Richard Florida, Author of The Great Reset and Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity at Rotman School of Management at the University ofToronto, will be using his extensive knowledge and expertise to chair the panel of judges. • A short list of entrants, selected by the panel of judges, will be announced in February 2011. CNN’s audience will then vote on their choice of winner in each category and the successful entrant will receive a cash prize. • The judges will then decide who, from the category winners, deserves the overall prize and the chance to realise their urban improvement projects or ideas. • An overall award of €75,000 will be granted for the best idea submitted in any of the three categories, along with two additional awards of €25,000 for the best submissions in the two categories not covered by the overall award.
CNN Pays Tribute to Coalition Casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq Wars with Launch of “Home and Away”
CNN Press Release - Continuing to develop innovative ways to present its audience with news and information, CNN is combining the unparalleled strengths of its on-air and online platforms to honor every Coalition Forces casualty in Afghanistan and Iraq.
CNN.com has launched “Home and Away,” an immersive interactive which allows users to learn about and pay tribute to more than 6,000 fallen troops from more than 20 countries. Simultaneously, CNN chief national correspondent John King begins a month-long tribute on his week-nightly 7 p.m. ET program, John King, USA, airing one of the fallen’s personal stories each night. On Memorial Day, a special edition of John King, USA, entitled “Home and Away,” will be dedicated entirely to this subject. Throughout these tributes, King will utilize the Magic Wall to go behind the statistics and provide human faces to the sacrifice.
CNN INTERNATIONAL AND CNN.COM TO AIR SPECIAL LIVE COVERAGE OF UK ELECTION TODAY FROM 5-7P ET
CNN Press Release - As the polls across the United Kingdom close at 5p ET today, tune in to CNN International or watch online at CNN.com/Live for in-depth reporting and analysis of the closest general election in nearly two decades. Viewers in the U.S. can also watch this special coverage live via CNN’s iPhone app.
Leading the coverage from CNN’s London bureau will be ‘Connect the World’ presenter Becky Anderson. She will be joined by veteran political reporter and commentator Robin Oakley as well as a team of CNN reporters spread across the capital.
Zain Verjee, Charles Hodson and Phil Black will be camped out at the three major party headquarters: Labour, Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. As the results start to filter in this evening and into early Friday, they will be on hand to bring the reactions from the heart of each of the parties' campaign hubs.
At the Palace of Westminster, Richard Quest will be joined by Max Foster, who will be stationed at No.10 Downing Street, and senior security correspondent Paula Newton, who will report from Westminster Bridge. Meanwhile, Sasha Herriman and Atika Shubert will be capturing the reaction of the general public and finding out what key issues influenced their vote.
And with the result of the 2010 general election still uncertain and the prospect of a hung parliament looming, could this uncertainty create more instability in the financial sector? CNN's business correspondent Jim Boulden will be gauging the reaction of city workers on Friday morning.
For the latest news and video highlights, visit CNN International's election site at www.cnn.com/ukelection and follow the network’s UK Election team on Twitter @UKelectionCNN.
THIRD AND FINAL UK ELECTION LEADERS’ DEBATE AIRS LIVE ON CNN INTERNATIONAL AND CNN.COM TODAY AT 3.30P ET
CNN Press Release - ECONOMY-FOCUSED DEBATE WILL ALSO AIR LIVE ON CNN.COM LIVE
With a week before the UK goes to the polls, the British economy is at the forefront of the final discussion among leaders Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. The third and final 90-minute debate will be broadcast live on CNN International and CNN.com/Live today at 3.30p ET.
The network has also enlisted an expert panel to give perspective on the outcome of the economy-focused debate. Paul Marshall, who co-founded one of Europe's most high-profile hedge funds, Marshall Wace, in 1998; Andrew Roberts, an award-winning author, historian and contributor to many British papers; and Will Hutton, one of today's pre-eminent economics commentators, will join presenter Becky Anderson at 5p ET during a specially extended ‘Connect The World’.
For complete coverage of the UK election – including insight from CNN’s correspondents around the world – go to www.cnn.com/ukelection and follow the site on Twitter at twitter.com/ukelectioncnn.
About The Panel:
Will Hutton, Executive Vice Chair, The Work Foundation
Regularly called on to advise senior political and business figures and comment in the national and international media, Will is today one of the pre-eminent economics commentators in the country.
He began his career in the City, as a stockbroker and investment analyst before moving to the BBC, where he worked both on radio, as a producer and reporter, and on TV as economics correspondent for flagship current affairs programme Newsnight. Prior to joining The Work Foundation, Will spent four years as editor-in-chief of the Observer, for which he continues to write a weekly column. He also regularly contributes to the Guardian and the Financial Times.
Paul Marshall, Co-founder of Marshall Wace
Paul Marshall co-founded Marshall Wace in 1998, and it has become one of Europe’s most high-profile hedge funds. Marshall has been the Chairman of the City Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrat Business Forum. He founded the independent liberal think tank, CentreForum and is said to be an advisor to Nick Clegg. He unsuccessfully ran for Parliament in 1987 for the SDP-Liberal Alliance in Fulham, England.
Andrew Roberts, Historian
The Observer newspaper describes Andrew Roberts as “one of the greatest historians of our time”. He has published a number of best-selling books on the history of British politics, and has won the Wolfson History Prize, the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction and the Emery Reves Award. He appears regularly on British television and radio, writes for The Sunday Telegraph and reviews history books and biography for The Spectator, Literary Review, Mail on Sunday and The Telegraph. He sits on the boards or advisory councils of a number of think-tanks and pressure groups, including The Centre for Policy Studies, The European Foundation and The Centre for Social Cohesion.
CNN Press Release - The new CNN.com, launching Monday, Oct. 26, harnesses the full power of CNN and delivers it directly to web users in a stunning, visually charged online experience, it was announced today by KC Estenson, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com.
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The new CNN.com, launching Monday, Oct. 26, harnesses the full power of CNN and delivers it directly to web users in a stunning, visually charged online experience, it was announced today by KC Estenson, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com.
Through a full-scale, breakthrough design, the new CNN.com is uncluttered, visually bold and dramatically improves the consumer experience. In addition to showcasing CNN’s in-depth reporting, the site includes the launch of new features that make the site easier to browse and navigate, as well as a new opinion section, more integrated video and stunning photography. Adding new voices and a range of perspectives to CNN.com, the site will also feature deep content partnerships with Oprah.com, TED, People and EW magazines.
“This is a total reimagining of CNN.com, and we are extremely excited about unveiling it to the world,” said Estenson. “CNN.com has always been a destination for breaking news but the breadth and depth of the new site will give users a fresh new way to experience CNN’s content.”
Visually Driven Design and Personalization: The new CNN.com showcases CNN Worldwide’s extensive video capabilities by featuring video and photography as the centerpiece of the homepage. The new visually captivating homepage offers all of the best stories, video, interactive features above the fold – complemented by the ability for users to customize their news settings. CNN.com’s new personalization functionality enables users to customize their personal CNN.com homepage with weather and local headlines, stock quote lookup and sports scores.
The site’s search ability was rebuilt, allowing users to more quickly and easily find articles and videos across the vast CNN.com network. The new site also introduces a beta product called NewsPulse – a new way of laying out all the news CNN.com has to offer. The intuitive filtering tool enables users to see the most popular articles and videos at a glance, search for any topic or keyword, and sort by popularity, number of comments, or by time published. Once users find a story of interest, they can read, watch or share without leaving the NewsPulse experience.
Sections and Voices: CNN Entertainment: Applying the same philosophy to entertainment news as CNN has employed in covering politics and business news, CNN.com is now aligning all of its entertainment resources – a reporting unit, journalists in the field, CNN’s Los Angeles and New York bureaus and CNN.com’s entertainment reporting team – to make it the premiere entertainment news destination online. CNN.com is partnering with People and EW magazines to provide more of their sweeping coverage of entertainment news right within CNN.com.
CNN Opinion: CNN.com is launching CNN Opinion, a new opinion section featuring text as well as video commentaries from numerous guest contributors as well as individuals within CNN. New regular contributors to this section include:
- Pete Cashmore: CEO and founder of Mashable, one of the world's top ten blogs according to the blog ranking service Technorati, which focuses on up-to-the-minute news on social networks and new websites
- David Frum: a Canadian-born conservative journalist fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, he is also the editor of NewMajority.com, a site dedicated to the modernization and renewal of the Republican party and the conservative movement
- John Leguizamo: an Alma- and Emmy Award-winning Latino comedian, actor, voice actor and producer
Other current contributors include: Gloria Borger, Joy Behar, Bob Greene, Roland Martin, and Ruben Navarrette among others.
Content Collaborations: TED Talk Tuesdays: Moving beyond the standard commentary, CNN.com is launching a new video commentary feature through a partnership with TED. TED is a small nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. Two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to give the talk of their lives 18 minutes. Talks from TED and partners are made available, free, to the world on TED.com, and now, on CNN.com. Past TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. CNN.com will bring these inspirational conversations to our mainstream audience through TED Talk Tuesdays, where CNN.com will feature a talk on the home page each week. The site also will produce additional editorial content, including follow-up interviews with TED speakers, commentaries or original reporting around the Talk’s subject to provide users with a wide range of points of view.
Oprah.com: CNN.com’s partnership with Oprah becomes more robust, leveraging their content and contributors more across the Health, Living, and Entertainment sections of the site. Additionally, CNN.com is joining forces with Oprah.com and Facebook to present a live Oprah's Book Club interactive web event on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. (ET). The webcast will be a 90-minute worldwide event, during which readers can submit their questions for the author and potentially be featured during the live discussion. The special online event will be streamed live simultaneously from CNN.com’s video player on CNN.com and Oprah.com and will utilize Facebook Connect, enabling users to comment and pose questions through their Facebook profiles without ever leaving the live webcast.
Oprah's Book Club’s sixty-third selection is "Say You're One of Them," the fiction book by Uwem Akpan. The book covers the plight of children in Africa through five short stories that are each told from a child's perspective.
“Americans in Afghanistan” and “The Handsome Furs Tour Asia”: Building on the success of CNN.com’s Freshman Year series in which two Freshman Congressman document their experiences on the Hill with Flip cameras, CNN.com is launching two new first-person mini-documentaries exclusive to the web.
“Americans in Afghanistan” goes behind the headlines into a side of Afghanistan rarely seen. Two Americans living in Afghanistan and working with non-profit organizations share their lives through a series of firsthand video reports, revealing the struggles big and small and the moments of success that make their work worth it.
CNN.com will also feature a series, “The Handsome Furs Tour Asia.” Armed with two Flip cams, this indie rock duo husband and wife team of Dan Boeckner and Alexei Cox Perry documented their Asian tour first hand as they visited China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand. The Asian tour featured in the series is in support of their second record, Face Control, which got an 8 out of 10 from indie tastemakers, Pitchfork.com and other critical acclaim. These self-described travel nerds share the fun, excitement and drama of visiting new places, meeting new people and testing new foods. Boeckner is also a member of indie rock break out band Wolf Parade.
CNN iReport: Since CNN launched iReport three years ago, the iReport community has grown into an integral part of newsgathering and storytelling at CNN. To reflect the growth and maturity of the community, as well as CNN’s commitment to collaborating with its audience to deliver the richest, most complete global news coverage available, iReport is being fully integrated into the new CNN.com.
The CNN iReport section of the new CNN.com will share the site’s breakthrough design, folding the social media features of iReport.com into CNN to create a seamless user experience across CNN’s online news and user-generated platforms. CNN iReport will feature a curated section front, programmed by CNN producers to ensure that the best, most interesting iReport content is easy to find and share. Additionally the CNN iReport section front features direct quotes from iReporters who are in the middle of unfolding stories across the world.
iReport submissions will be clearly labeled when vetted and cleared for reporting on CNN. Vetted iReports now feature comments from CNN producers, who add CNN context to the iReporter’s first-person view. Unverified submissions will be designated as such to provide the most complete context for users.
CNN Challenge: CNN.com debuts the CNN Challenge, an online news trivia game guided by CNN anchors. Larry King, Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Robin Meade and others guide users through the quiz about top stories of the week.
CNN.com is the No. 1 destination for online and wireless news according to Nielsen, garnering the greatest audience share in total minutes and page views and the most mobile usage among current events and global news sites. Launched in 1995, CNN.com draws from the resources of CNN Worldwide and its many partners to provide consumers with the most enriching, immediate interaction with news anywhere, seamlessly combining articles, videos, images, interactive features and user-generated content. CNN.com’s news video offering – both live and on-demand – is unparalleled on the Web. CNN.com’s recent awards include a Peabody Award, two EPpy awards, four CableFAX Best of the Web awards, a National Headliner award, and the 2009 Edward R. Murrow award for best website.
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta Spotlights ‘Medical Miracles’ in New Book & Documentary
CNN Press Release - Another Day: Cheating Death to debut Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18 at 8pm ET & PT on CNN
In his highly anticipated second book, CHEATING DEATH, available via booksellers after October 12, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta recounts extraordinary stories of people who have survived exceptional medical emergencies – and the courageous doctors who helped save them against all odds – and oftenagainst standard protocol. A companion documentary, Another Day: Cheating Death, will debut on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18 at 8pm, 11pm, and 2am, and on CNN International on Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25 (check local listings for airtimes). Gupta will discuss his book and documentary on Larry King Live on Thursday, October 8 at 9pm. All times Eastern.
Ten years ago, Anna Bagenholm was a 29-year-old Norwegian medical resident on a ski excursion when an accident landed her head first, in a freezing stream. In his book and documentary, Gupta recounts how Bagenholm’s core body temperature dipped to 56°F. She was clinically dead for three hours, yet doctors still managed to reviveher. Despite staggering odds, Bagenholm eventually made a full recovery. Gupta describes the “miracle” of her survival as not due to luck, but instead as the result of evidence-based calibrations and her experienced medical team, led by emergency physician Dr. Mads Gilbert.
Also among the stories Gupta tells for the documentary, is that of cardiac arrest survivor Chris Brooks, who lives largely because he is treated by an “Ice Doctor,” Gupta’s name for doctors who induce medical hypothermia to treat certain patients. Cold appears to slow metabolism enough to give doctors time to treat the underlying conditions, though a University of Chicago survey showed that fewer than 250 of the nation’s 6,000 hospitals practice “medical hypothermia.” For the book, Gupta describes how school bus driver Mike Mertz collapsed at the wheel of his car in Glendale, Ariz. He survived because the Good Samaritan who found him, and the responding paramedics, used a new type of CPR. They administered rapid chest compressions on Mertz without pausing for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. It took years of carefully collected case evidence, and a determined group of physicians, to change the CPR protocol in Arizona to de-emphasize artificial breathing. Despite statistics that show it markedly improves outcomes – Arizona remains the only state to adopt the new method, statewide.
Gupta’s book and documentary offer insights from his reporting and his professional experiences gathered over 15 years as a practicing neurosurgeon. Viewers are also encouraged to share their own stories of survival with him via Twitter @sanjayguptacnn. Gupta and others who have studied extraordinary survivors’ experiences will offer additional compelling stories of medical insights that are changing the boundary between life and death on www.cnnhealth.com. Excerpts from the book can also be found on the website. The documentary will be available via iTunes and Amazon.com after its broadcast premiere.
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’s coverage of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the People’s Republic of China
CNN Press Release - ‘TALK ASIA’ features exclusive interview with two Chinese ‘Taikonauts’
As part of its coverage to mark the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, international news network CNN features an exclusive in-depth, half-hour ‘TALK ASIA’ interview with two of China’s pioneering ‘Taikonauts’ - Yang Liwei and Zhai Zhigang.
The network also reports live from Tiananmen Square on October 1, bringing the morning’s military parade, President Hu’s speech and the evening’s gala and fireworks to its viewers in more than 250 million households around the world. Beijing-based correspondents John Vause and Emily Chang also contribute special reports looking at issues including China’s challenges in the next sixty years, the growth of the country’s military power, and the threatening problem of corruption.
Online, the dedicated website section at www.cnn.com/china has a multimedia special on Chairman Mao's birthplace of Shaoshan, featuring an audio slideshow on the memories and impressions of tourists and local residents alike. CNN’s Eileen Hsieh also recounts the celebrations of the 60th anniversary in an online newscast broadcast in Mandarin which will also be available at www.cnn.com/china.
As part of the exclusive ‘Talk Asia’ interview, Yang Liwei and Zhai Zhigang give CNN a tour of the Astronauts Center of China and sit down with senior international correspondent John Vause to recall the moments they made history, before revealing what’s next for the country’s space exploration program.
Meredith Artley Joins CNN.com as Vice President and Managing Editor
CNN Press Release - CNN has appointed Meredith Artley vice president and managing editor of CNN.com, it was announced today by KC Estenson, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com. Artley is currently managing editor, online, at the Los Angeles Times, and will join CNN.com next month.
With more than thirteen years working as a journalist and online editor, Artley will lead CNN.com’s editorial strategy from the company’s Atlanta headquarters, reporting directly to Estenson.
“CNN is where the world goes to find out what’s happening now; and Meredith will complement an incredibly talented editorial leadership team as we continue to set the standard in multi-platform journalism,” said Estenson. “I’m confident that her innovation, vision and approach to reporting and storytelling – along with her editorial leadership – will enable us to deliver the caliber of content our users expect, while introducing CNN stories to an ever-growing new audience.”
Artley joined LATimes.com in March 2007, and was responsible for all editorial initiatives, from the vision of the site to the daily execution, as well as the site’s recently unveiled redesign. Under her leadership, the site more than doubled its traffic, becoming the fastest-growing website among the nation’s largest newspapers; and won several journalism awards.
“CNN is a global news powerhouse and the opportunity to lead the editorial effort for their site is a challenge I’m enthusiastic about taking on,” Artley said. “I’m excited to help their talented journalists, technologists and business teams to deliver news and information in fresh and dynamic ways."
Prior to joining LATimes.com, Artley served as digital development director for the International Herald Tribune’s web operation in Paris, where she led the strategy and day-to-day editorial execution. Previously, she was the associate editor at NYTimes.com, where she managed the team of producers and editors who published the site.
In 2000, Artley was part of the Pulitzer-prize winning team for the New York Times’ “Race in America” series. She is also an active member of the Online News Association.
Artley received her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.
CNN.com is the world's No. 1 destination for online and wireless news according to Nielsen, garnering the greatest audience share in total minutes and page views and the most video and mobile usage among current events and global news sites. Launched in 1995, CNN.com draws from the resources of CNN Worldwide and its many partners to provide consumers with the most enriching, immediate interaction with news anywhere, seamlessly combining articles, videos, images, interactive features and user-generated content. CNN.com’s news video offering – both live and on-demand – is unparalleled on the Web. CNN.com’s recent awards include a Peabody Award, two EPpy awards, four CableFAX Best of the Web awards, a National Headliner award, and the 2009 Edward R. Murrow award for best website.
CNN will broadcast Michael Jackson’s memorial service live on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, on CNN International, CNN/U.S. and CNN.com. Web users will also be able to share thoughts with others on Facebook while viewing the events on the CNN.com live video player if they choose.
Anderson Cooper, Larry King, Don Lemon and Soledad O’Brien will host coverage live from Los Angeles, with Campbell Brown and Roland Martin anchoring live from New York, starting at 12:00 PM ET on CNN International and CNN/U.S. CNN’s international bureaus will provide coverage of memorial events happening around the world.
Online at www.CNN.com/MichaelJackson, CNN.com will provide special coverage of Jackson’s memorial service and all related events in their entirety through a wide variety of elements, including live streaming and on-demand video, in-depth articles, photo galleries, and special interactives. In addition, CNN.com producers and correspondents will blog live from Los Angeles throughout the day.
CNN.com is once again utilizing Facebook Connect granting Internet users across the globe the ability to watch the memorial service live while communicating with their Friends on Facebook – and other Jackson fans around the world – without leaving the CNN.com Live video player. CNN.com Live begins live coverage starting on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM ET with a special midnight show before the complete live coverage of the memorial service begins on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 1 PM ET Additionally, CNN.com will offer replays of the entire memorial service at 4 PM ET and 7 PM ET. iReport.com, the network’s user-generated online news community, continues to invite contributors to share their thoughts and memories of Michael Jackson, as well as submit and share their videos and photos.
CNN will provide live coverage to it radio affiliates and television affiliates worldwide.
CNN#1 International Channel In Any Genre For Viewing Among Top Management
CNN Press Release - CNN truly is unrivalled in its ability to connect with the most senior and influential business people throughout the region.
• Whatever the time period (across a day, a week or a month), CNN is viewed by more C-level executives, Top Management and Business Decision Makers than any other international channel of any type. • Each month more of these business leaders watch CNN than all other international news and business channels* combined. • On a weekly basis, 45% more C-level executives watch CNN than all other international news/business channels* combined. • Each week 2.6 times more C-level executives watch CNN than the next placed international news/business channel. *BBC World News + CNBC + Bloomberg TV + Channel News Asia + Al Jazeera English
CNN WEB SITES
CNN is better placed than any other regional media owner** to reach business leaders wherever / whenever.
• Across a month, CNN web sites*** are frequented by more than 3 times as many C-level executives than any other regional media web site. • 2.6 times more Top Management visit CNN web sites than the next placed regional media web site. • Almost 70% more Business Decision Makers visit CNN web sites than the next placed regional media web site. • Each month 2.5 times more C-level executives visit CNN online than the web sites of all international newspapers**** combined.
**Excludes web portals such as MSN, Yahoo, Google ***CNN and/or CNN Money sites ****WSJ, IHT, FT, USA today
International media still on the money for the world’s senior financial decision makers, says Global Capital Markets Survey
CNN Press Release - CNN International tops list of news brands for the global financial community
Results released today by the Global Capital Markets Survey (GCMS) show that in difficult economic times senior bankers, chief financial officers and treasurers at the world’s largest organisations are tuning in to international television for their fix of up-to-the-minute news and information. GCMS represents two distinct types of respondents: those working in the world's largest organizations - the capital borrowers; and those working for banks and financial institutions - the capital lenders. The survey reports CNN International takes the top spot, ahead of news channels BBC World, CNBC and Bloomberg as the leading news brand for the global financial community, across all regions (Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America).
According to Global Capital Markets, 85% of those surveyed watched international television four weeks preceding the survey and 69% had tuned in to international television in the seven days leading up to the survey. The results validate international television as the medium of choice for corporate financial professionals who have a direct hand in raising capital and trading the markets during the recession.
“In tough times when market confidence is low, these results speak volumes from an audience who are key financial influencers and play an integral role in keeping the global economy ticking over. The main message for advertisers is that to reach this elusive audience of finance heavy-weights, CNN delivers that promise better than any other network”, said Jonathan Davies, Executive Vice President Ad Sales, CNN International.
Across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America and the Asia-Pacific region, CNN leads its closest competitors BBC World, CNBC and Bloomberg in monthly, weekly and daily reach, cementing its position as the number one news brand across each region. Globally, 73% of financial management in the world’s 2000 largest organisations tune in to CNN each month, positioning the network 20 percentage points ahead of its nearest rival, CNBC (CNBC 53%, Bloomberg 45%, BBC World 45%). At 57%, CNN’s weekly reach ranks 17 percentage points higher than its nearest rival CNBC; the network also leads the field in daily reach.
Amongst the senior management of banks and financial institutions, CNN ranks as top choice, exhibiting a clear lead over the competition in all three measures. CNN connects with 72% of senior bankers on a monthly basis (Bloomberg 55%, CNBC 53%, BBC World 53%), 54% weekly (CNBC 41%, Bloomberg 39%, BBC World 36%) and 29% daily (CNBC 23%, Bloomberg 21%, BBC World 16%).
As today’s financial professionals increasingly look to online for the latest news and information, CNN records similar success with its branded websites. Combined, CNN.com and CNNMoney.com (24%) rank second only to Bloomberg.com (38%) in terms of popularity amongst survey respondents, ahead of Reuters.com (23%), FT.com (22%) and WSJ.com (20%).
“We have a growing portfolio of banking and finance clients including Zurich, ING, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital and Qatar Financial Centre who continue to advertise with us across both web and TV”, added Davies. “Our cross platform results are an acknowledgement that we’re getting it right for the financial audience”.
About the survey: The GCMS Survey provides data on TV viewing, website usage and readership among CFOs and senior financial decision makers in the world’s largest organisations, and among top managers of financial institutions, commercial and investment banks. Conducted by Think Media Consultancy, with a global universe representing 9756 individuals in 33 countries, the fieldwork was carried out between October 2008 and March 2009.
Essence Communications to Partner with CNN, HLN and CNN.com
CNN Press Release - Essence Communications to Partner with CNN, HLN and CNN.com For Weekly News Segments
What Matters Debuted On CNN and HLN on May 8
CNN, HLN, CNN.com and Essence Communications, Inc., today announced a partnership to develop What Matters, a series of weekly news segments focused on issues of importance to the African-American community. As an extension of the regular news items and features in ESSENCE magazine, as well as the ongoing multicultural programming on CNN, the on-air and online segments will be hosted on CNN by Tony Harris and Don Lemon with contributions from Roland Martin, Fredricka Whitfield and T.J. Holmes. The segments will be hosted on HLN by anchor Richelle Carey.
The recurring segment debuted on CNN on Friday, May 8, in the 12 p.m. hour and will feature topics ranging from 401(k) strategies to elder-care issues to pop culture. On HLN, the segment will be seen during the 6 p.m. hour on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday editions of “Prime News.” Inspired by the monthly “Our News” section of ESSENCE magazine, content for the segments will be developed collaboratively.
Online users also can view the “What Matters” segments on-demand at CNN.com and on Mondays via CNN.com Live, the Internet's only live multi-stream video news service. This online content will be available beginning May 15. In addition, Essence.com will offer users related articles, additional commentary, blog discussions and the opportunity to view the “What Matters” segments.
“ESSENCE is proud to partner with CNN, HLN and CNN.com to launch What Matters as a platform to inform, educate and define the cultural discussion,” said Angela Burt-Murray, Editor-in-Chief, ESSENCE. “Last year’s collaboration on the ESSENCE/CNN co-production CNN & Essence: Reclaiming the Dream laid the groundwork for What Matters – a project that will combine our reach and expertise to further the development of quality programming for African-Americans.”
“Our partnership with ESSENCE has been a very productive one, and What Matters is an important next step in those collaborative efforts,” commented Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. “The power of our two brands promises to continue to enhance the dialogue about issues important to our collective audiences.”
What Matters is sponsored by McDonald’s, who is also the presenting sponsor of CNN’s Black in America 2, the sequel series to 2008’s groundbreaking initiative. Reported by CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien, Black in America 2 reveals the stories of community leaders and innovative pioneers who are creating solutions to challenges within African-American communities – closing achievement gaps in education, reducing health disparities, and launching business enterprises. The two primetime documentaries for the series premiere on Wednesday, July 22, and Thursday, July 23. The 2009 co-production with Essence Communications, CNN & Essence: Reclaiming the Dream 2, will be filmed on July 4 at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.
About CNN Worldwide 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.
About HLN HLN, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is designed especially for viewers who want relevant and comprehensive news and personality-driven programming in a way that suits the urgency of their schedules. Via its “news and views” format, the network updates viewers constantly, 24 hours each day, with complete and concise national newscasts throughout the day and a compelling slate of legal, entertainment and talk programs during at night, utilizing the best resources of CNN Worldwide.
About Essence Communications, Inc. Essence Communications Inc. (ECI) is the leading media and communications company dedicated to African-American women. With a multi-platform presence in publishing, live events, and online, the Essence brand is “Where Black Women Come First”. The company’s flagship publication, ESSENCE magazine, is the preeminent lifestyle magazine for African-American women; generating brand extensions such as the Essence Music Festival, Women Who Are Shaping the World Leadership Summit, Window on Our Women (WOW I & II) and Smart Beauty I, II & III consumer insights, the Essence Book Club, Essence.com, and ventures in digital media (mobile, television and VOD). For 38 years, ESSENCE magazine, which has a readership of 8.1 million, has been the leading source of cutting-edge information relating to every area of African-American women’s lives.
Additional information about ECI and ESSENCE is available at www.essence.com.
Becky Anderson's new show Connect The World is set to launch on CNN International in the coming days. You can check in with her show page/blog at http://www.cnn.com/connect.
The page describes her show as:
Connect The World takes viewers on a sweeping journey across continents, beyond headlines and into histories, possibilities and depths of the stories that are changing our world. Host Becky Anderson and guests will join the dots of stories and events by exploring how an event or circumstance in one part of the world can have significant impact and reach elsewhere.
Look for Connect The World to debut Monday after International Desk.
Speaking of International Desk... it is moving to a new time starting Monday. Look for the show to air at 3 PM EST/9 PM CET.
CNN.com Live to stream Funeral Mass for Earthquake Victims in Italy
CNN Press Release - CNN.com Live, the site’s live, multi-stream video news service, will stream the State Funeral Mass being held in Italy tomorrow for Monday’s Earthquake victims. The service is scheduled to begin at 5 a.m. ET and is taking place at the school campus of the Italian police force, Guardia di Finanza. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is scheduled to attend as well as other prominent Italian political leaders in an exceptional Good Friday funeral mass with full state honors. To access CNN.com Live, go to www.CNN.com/Live and click on the thumbnail images under the "Happening Now" column.
CNN.com is the world's No. 1 destination for online and wireless news, garnering the greatest audience share of total minutes among current events and global news sites. Launched in 1995, CNN.com draws from the resources of CNN Worldwide and its many partners to provide consumers with the most enriching, immediate interaction with news anywhere, seamlessly combining articles, videos, images, interactive features and user-generated content. CNN.com’s news video offering – both live and on-demand – is unparalleled on the Web. CNN.com’s recent awards include an Edward R. Murrow award, a National Headliner award, four EPpy awards and the Online News Association’s award for general excellence.
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