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.

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Have you noticed that CNN International is broadcasting from a new location within CNN Center in Atlanta? They are broadcasting from the former Headline News control room. Headline News stopped broadcasting their normal weekend programming from there when they moved into a new control room earlier this year.

CNN International is broadcasting from there because their current set is undergoing a complete renovation to debut sometime in early 2009.

More changes are in store for CNN International in 2009. We'll keep you informed on all of them as soon as we can.

Thanks to Thot on the CNNfan.org forums for use of the screenshot!

TVNewser reports on Headline News becoming HLN. The new tagline for the network will be "News and Views." No programming changes will come with this new name, however with the network changes comes two personnel departures.

Linda Stouffer's last day with Headline News was Sunday. Carrie Lee's last day with CNN Business News/Headline News was Tuesday.

In other news, Rusty Dornin has left CNN.

While watching Morning Express with Robin Meade this morning, I noticed that Headline News has changed their logo.

I apologize for the bad photo. CNN.com's Headline News pages have not yet been updated with the new logo.

TVNewser reports that CNN Business News Anchor Carrie Lee is leaving the network. Her last day at Headline News is Tuesday. Also, FishbowlDC reports that Justice Department Correspondent Kelli Arena is also leaving the network.

The casualty count so far:

Kelli Arena, Justice Department Correspondent
Kathleen Koch, General Assignment Correspondent - Washington
Carrie Lee, Anchor - CNN Business News
Jamie McIntyre, Senior Pentagon Correspondent
Miles O'Brien, Science and Technology Correspondent/Substitute Anchor - The Situation Room

Stay tuned...

CNN Press Release - Clark Howard Debuts Jan. 3 to Empower Viewers to ‘Save More, Spend Less and Avoid Getting Ripped Off!’

Headline News today announced that nationally syndicated radio show host and money coach Clark Howard will debut a new weekend program on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Every week, Clark Howard will help viewers make smart financial decisions in all aspects of their lives as they face an increasingly dire economy. Howard’s mantra each show: Help viewers “save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off!”

Clark Howard will air Saturdays and Sundays at 6 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. (ET). Two 30-minute shows will air back-to-back, featuring the best calls from Howard’s daily national radio program, The Clark Howard Show.

“We’re proud to add Clark to our Headline News weekend lineup, particularly in a time when so many consumers are wondering what’s next for our economy,” said Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN Worldwide. “Clark is not only genuinely interested in helping people manage their money but is a straight shooter who we believe will help cut through the clutter and offer viewers the financial insights they need.”

Each show will include a “Money Coach” segment, where Howard profiles finances of individual callers to reveal the best ways for them to take control of their money. “Clark’s Consumer Tip of the Day” will offer viewers easy-to-understand, practical advice on how to save money daily, while “Clark’s Travel Tips” will offer “insider” travel tips.

"I’m so excited to give Headline News viewers the opportunity to learn how to take control of their wallets,” Howard said. “We’re in tough times, and the more you know, the more power you have.”

Leading up to the launch of his show, Howard will provide reports on Headline News to help viewers save money during the holiday season.

Clark Howard will have an online presence at www.CNN.com/ClarkHoward, allowing viewers and users to submit questions and to interact with him across multiple platforms. The site will also include Web-exclusive segments and useful links.

Howard’s radio program The Clark Howard Show is now heard nationally on more than 225 radio stations. A successful entrepreneur, newspaper columnist and best-selling author, Howard found his way onto the radio after he was asked to be a guest on a radio show about travel. The response was so positive that he was given his own program, The Clark Howard Show. The show originates from Atlanta’s WSB-AM with Christa DiBiase as executive producer. The Clark Howard Show is syndicated by Dial Global.

Howard’s most recent book, 2007’s Clark Smart Real Estate, addresses relevant issues in today’s mortgage crisis. He has published eight books in total, with Get Clark Smart in 2002 and Clark's Big Book of Bargains in 2003 both charting on the New York Times Bestsellers List. He is also a reporter on ABC affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta.

Headline News, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, 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 Headline Prime at night. The network delivers fast-paced, lively and engaging news, using the best resources of CNN Worldwide. Headline News is designed especially for viewers who want relevant and comprehensive news in a way that suits the urgency of their schedules.

TVNewser has the breaking news of former American Morning, CNN Saturday Morning, Live From..., Science and Techology Week, Primetime, and Headline News anchor and current Science and Technology correspondent and The Situation Room Substitute Anchor Miles O'Brien is leaving the network after 16 years.

With his leaving, also leaving CNN are 7 producers in the Science and Techology Unit.

Read more here... including statements from CNN (if you want to call theirs a proper statement) and Miles.

Connect with Miles at www.twitter.com/milesobrien and http://www.milesobrien.com/

CNN Press Release - CNN is No. 1 at 10 p.m. in 2008 Among Adults 25-54Year to date, Anderson Cooper 360° remains the No. 1 show at 10 p.m. among cable news networks with 461k in 25-54, 4 percent ahead of On The Record’s 443k and 77% ahead of MSNBC’s Countdown replay (260k).

In prime time (M-Su), CNN grew the most during the month of October versus last year, increasing by an impressive 241% among adults 25-54 (840k vs. 246k), FNC grew 160% and MSNBC was up 212%. Beginning at 7p, CNN showed record growth in October with Lou Dobbs Tonight increasing 115% in total viewers (1.333 vs. 621k) and growing 110% among adults 25-54 (428k vs. 204k). At 8p, Campbell Brown: No Bias No Bull (formerly Election Center) increased more than any cable news program in the hour, up a whopping 190% in total viewers (1.604 vs. 554k) and increased 202% in 25-54 (610k vs. 202k). Larry King Live at 9p also posted significant increases, up 93% in total viewers (1.962 vs. 1.014k) and increased 128% in adults 25-54 (674k vs 296k). Anderson Cooper 360° at 10p posted the greatest growth in its hour with an increase of 238% in total viewers (2.451 vs. 726k) and up a staggering 297% in 25-54 (989k vs. 249k). Anderson Cooper 360° at 11p continued to post the most growth in its hour with 256% increase in total viewers (1.699 vs. 477k) and 263% in 25-54 (770k vs. 212k).

CNN is now the #1 network among adults 25-54 during five key hours: 3p, 4p, 5p 10p and 11p. At 3p, CNN Newsroom hosted by Rick Sanchez averaged 312k in 25-54 in October compared to FNC’s Studio B with 309k and 178k for MSNBC Live. At 4p, The Situation Room ranked #1 with 341k in adults 25-54, compared to 334k for FNC’s Your World and MSNBC Live’s 203k. At 5p The Situation Room posted 369k compared to 336k for FNC’s Election Headquarters and MSNBC Hardball’s 313k. At 10p Anderson Cooper 360° ranked #1 for the month with 989k in the demo versus 862kfor On the Record, and 512k MSNBC’s Countdown. At 11p, the second hour of Anderson Cooper 360 ranked first with 770k versus FNC’s O’Reilly Factor repeat 597k and MSBNC’s repeat of Rachael Maddow trailed with 351k.

During October, CNN’s coverage of the presidential debates rated #1 among cable news networks in 25-54 (three of the four debates aired in October). Additionally, CNN’s coverage of the vice presidential debate set a new record for the network in 18-34 with more than 3.166 million tuning in, the highest number for a scheduled broadcast in the network’s 28-year history.

Headline News grew its total viewer and demo audience by double-digits during every weekday hour and in every daypart in October. The network showed impressive growth with an 82% increase in total viewers in M-Su prime (666k vs. 365k) and a 94% increase in demo viewers (262k vs. 135k). Nancy Grace posted the most growth on the network with an increase of 127% in total viewers (1.191 vs. 454k) and 149% increase in 25-54 (454k vs. 182k).

CNN continues to reach more viewers in October with 79,012,000 total viewers tuning in during the month, FNC had 62,927,000, MSNBC 57,904,000, and HLN 55,323,000. Among 25-54 CNN again ranked first with 36,378,000; MSNBC was second with 28,235,000, FNC had 27,222,000 and HLN had 25,797,000.

In September, the CNN Digital Network ranked #1 among all Current Events and Global News sites, registering 1.7 billion total minutes for the month. This is the highest month on record for CNN.com since tracking began in 2001. (Source: Nielsen Online Home/Work Panel, September 2008)
During September, the CNN Digital Network also:
· Ranked #1 in share among all Current Events and Global News sites; (Source: Nielsen Online Home/Work Panel)
· Registered 44.4 minutes per person, the highest average time per person among the Top 5 News and Information sites based on reach – and the highest average time spent on CNN.com in more than two years; (Source: Nielsen Online Home/Work Panel)
· Registered 37.3 million unique visitors in September, CNN.com’s second highest unique visitor count since tracking began (Source: Nielsen Online Home/Work Panel); and
· Generated 1.9 billion page views, the highest monthly count in almost three years. (Source: Nielsen Online Home/Work Panel)
· Served 144 million videos, the highest month ever for CNN.com video. (Source: Omniture SiteCatalyst, Global)

September was also a record-setting month for CNNMoney.com – CNN’s exclusive business site and the online home of FORTUNE, MONEY and FSB: FORTUNE Small Business magazines – as its reach and engagement grew more than any other site in the business and financial news category according to Nielsen Online. CNNMoney.com’s year-to-date numbers have also increased significantly with 142% growth in page views, a 121% increase in total minutes, a 73% rise in time per person and a 30% increase in unique users over this time last year. (Source: Nielsen Online and Omniture SiteCatlyst, Global)
In September, CNNMoney.com’s month-over-month percentage increases were the highest among the top 10 business and financial news sites; and the site generated record-breaking traffic:
· 10.4 million unique visitors – up 46% versus prior month
· 257.2 million page views – up 58% versus prior month
· 192.8 million minutes – up 67% versus prior month

Additionally, CNN.com set multiple records on its political news and live video platforms during the month of September. On Monday, Sept. 1, the day Hurricane Gustav made landfall and the first day of the Republican National Convention, CNN Digital garnered more than 43 million page views and brought in more than 5.4 million unique users (Source: Nielsen Online Home/Work Panel). Also on that day, CNN.com Live served a record-breaking 1.8 million streams, a 124% increase over CNN.com Live’s previous high on Feb. 21, when it served more than 700,000 streams amid the Democratic presidential debate in Austin, Texas. (Source: Omniture SiteCatalyst, Global)

During the four days of the Republican National Convention, CNN Digital was the most used online news entity with 207.6 million usage minutes, 42.5 million more than Yahoo! News and 45.6 million more than MSNBC Digital.

On Friday, Sept. 26, the day of the first presidential debate, the CNN Digital Network ranked #1 in unique visitors, total minutes and page views. Also, on Sept. 26, the Political Ticker, the #1 political news blog according to Nielsen Online, set a new daily traffic record when it generated 4.8 million page views, nearly doubling its previous daily record, while CNNPolitics.com generated 12 million page views, a 91-percent increase over the prior four-week period. (Source: Omniture SiteCatylist, Global).

Haven't forgotten about you guys! Met Robin Meade tonight at an event here in Nashville. She hosted the live finale of The Next GAC Star and I met her at the after party at Sambuca Restaurant.

Click here to view our video submissions on iReport.com.

Click here to view our photo submissions on iReport.com.

CNN confirmed to us today that Stephen Frazier is no longer with CNN International.

Since joining CNN Worldwide in 1993, he served as Senior Correspondent for CNN Presents, Senior Correspondent and co-anchor of Impact, weekend anchor for CNN Domestic, anchor for Headline News, and most recently anchor for CNN International's Your World Today and World News programs.

CNN will use its unparalleled international newsgathering and production resources to cover the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. On CNN.com as well as on CNN/U.S., CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN Radio, Headline News and in a multiplatform partnership with The Sports Illustrated Group, CNN will report on the world’s largest sporting event from every angle to more than 300 million households worldwide.

Operating from CNN’s Beijing bureau, World Sport correspondent Mark McKay and Headline News sports anchor Larry Smith will bring the latest developments in the quest for gold while international correspondents Jaime FlorCruz, Anjali Rao and John Vause will contribute on the events surrounding the Olympics in China.

CNN.com will offer expanded coverage of the Olympics through reporting on results from the Games; the economic impact and influence held by the Olympics; and the challenges facing China and its people as the hosts of the 20th Olympiad. The site’s special section, located at www.CNN.com/olympics, offers users a wide range of exclusive video, text stories, interactive timelines and a detailed explainer on the history and tradition of the Olympics. CNN.com Live, the site’s live, multi-stream video news service, will feature exclusive interviews with athletes and experts throughout the games.

Additionally, CNN.com has launched a special section called “Fan Zone” at www.CNN.com/fanzone, where users can access a variety of video, quizzes, interactive games, polls and in-depth reports to feed their curiosity about anything and everything related to the 2008 Olympic Games. Users can take a quiz to identify their inner Olympian and register as a member of the CNN Olympic Fan Zone, where they can share how they will follow the action by submitting their own video, photos and audio to iReport.com, CNN’s uncensored, unfiltered, unedited, user-generated community Web site. Contributors also may gain recognition by having the material they submit to the site – once vetted and approved for use – appear on a CNN network or CNN.com.

In a multiplatform partnership with CNN, Sports Illustrated writers and editors covering the Olympics will provide CNN’s global audience with expert analysis and opinion on the events as they unfold. Daily video sports

reports will appear across multiple channels of CNN and www.SI.com. The two companies also co-produced a series of video features including profiles on Olympians such as Michael Phelps, Ian Crocker, Allyson Felix and also “SI Flashbacks” – vignettes of iconic moments from previous Olympiads. These features will debut on CNN networks, including CNN.com, and www.SI.com beginning Thursday, July 24.

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.

Reggie Aqui and Colleen McEdwards hosted World News this weekend on CNN International.

Brooke Baldwin anchored Linda Stouffer's shifts of Headline News today.

Kyra Phillips anchored from New York for Rick Sanchez on CNN Newsroom last night.

Morning Express lead anchor Robin Meade has secured an interview with three americans who were held captive in a jungle in Colombia for five years.

According to blog TVNewser, Robin is in San Antonio conducting this first interview, and it will air tonight on Headline News and tomorrow morning on Morning Express and CNN.

This has been teased in the Morning Express newsletter since Robin left this week to go "on-assignment".

(Photo from the Morning Express website.)

On the Morning Express Blog this morning, anchor Robin Meade mentions that Headline News Business Correspondent Jennifer Westhoven sprained her foot in the network's New York bureau yesterday.

She *sprained her foot at work* yesterday! Word on the street is…she was a real trouper. She finished out her work day…starting off with a cane…but progressing quickly to piggy back rides to maneuver around the office. (She’s in New York, we’re in Atlanta…so I can not give you an eyewitness account).

Visit the Morning Express Blog for more details. Our thoughts are with you, Jen!

The Morning Express with Robin Meade team launched a new blog this morning. According to the site:

It's Morning Express like you've never seen it before! Hear from Robin
Meade and the rest of the show crew for our thoughts on everything from politics
to sports... to those bizarre stories that have us buzzing behind the scenes.

Check it out at http://www.cnn.com/morningexpress.

Unless this is just for the 12:00 CT hour of Headline News, it looks as if they have new graphics which are very smiliar to the Morning Express with Robin Meade graphics. I normally watch Headline News beginning with the 1:00 AM hour, so I will verify then whether or not their graphics are the same. The financial/sports ticker box is gone from these graphics.

Update: HLN has indeed changed their graphics. They have definitely removed the CNN from the name as you could tell that Christi caught herself before saying "CNN Headline News" and instead said "Headline News".

CNN Pressroom - Award-winning producer Janelle Rodriguez has joined CNN’s American Morning as executive producer of the network’s flagship morning program, it was announced today by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. Based in New York, Rodriguez will supervise production of the program and oversee its mission as the hard-news alternative in the morning.

“Janelle has distinguished herself in everything she’s worked on at CNN,” Klein said. “I am pleased that we could cull from the breadth of talent within our network to find a producer who has the editorial vision and energy to take American Morning to the next level.”

Most recently, Rodriguez has been a senior producer on The Situation Room where she was also instrumental in the program’s launch. Over the past eight years, she has covered several major stories including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, Hurricane Katrina and the last two presidential elections.

Prior to The Situation Room, Rodriguez spent two years as senior producer on Anderson Cooper 360° and has also served as executive producer for numerous specials including the award-winning Jack Cafferty: Broken Government and a presidential faith forum hosted by Soledad O’Brien.

She began as a producer at Headline News in Atlanta before moving to CNN/U.S. where she worked on various weekend shows and Wolf Blitzer Reports. Before joining CNN, she lived and worked in San Francisco as an independent filmmaker and has more than 15 years experience in film, video and television.

Rodriguez was part of the coverage teams that earned CNN a George Foster Peabody award for its Katrina reporting and an Alfred I. duPont Award for its coverage of the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia and was a producer for CNN’s political unit when it won an Emmy for the network’s Election Night 2006 coverage. Her other awards include New York Festivals medals for Jack Cafferty: Broken Government and a report from the South Korea side of the Demilitarized Zone.

Rodriguez earned her master’s in fine arts in film production from San Francisco State University and a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley.

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 - Multiplatform Effort Will Report on Pope Benedict’s U.N. Address, Public Events, Meetings

CNN will use its unparalleled newsgathering resources to cover Pope Benedict’s first official papal visit to the United States, from Tuesday, April 15, through Sunday, April 20, in Washington, D.C., and New York. Online as well as on CNN/U.S., CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN Radio and Headline News, CNN will report on the pope’s address to the United Nations, his meeting with President George W. Bush, his visit to Ground Zero in New York and other events.

This trip to the United States marks Pope Benedict’s sixth country that he has visited since becoming pope in 2005. There are more than 67 million Catholics in the United States and more than a billion Catholics worldwide.

Soledad O’Brien anchors CNN’s special live coverage on Sunday, April 20, as Pope Benedict visits Ground Zero of the World Trade Center and officiates Mass in New York’s Yankee Stadium. O’Brien will be joined by weekend CNN Newsroom anchors T.J. Holmes and Betty Nguyen reporting from location and CNN’s Vatican analyst John Allen. CNN’s coverage begins with the pope’s arrival on Tuesday, April 15, and continues with contributions throughout the visit from Jim Acosta, Wolf Blitzer, Jason Carroll, Ines Ferre, Ed Henry, Juan Carlos Lopez, Colleen McEdwards, Kyra Phillips, Richard Roth and Mary Snow.

CNN.com will offer expanded coverage of Pope Benedict’s trip. Through multimedia and interactive elements, as well as traditional stories and videos, viewers around the world will be able to view the visit as CNN.com Live will stream all available ceremonies and events live in their entirety, as well as feature live reports from the field with John Allen.

Viewers and users are encouraged to share their firsthand accounts of the pope’s public events through video, photo, or audio submissions to www.iReport.com, CNN’s recently launched user-generated community Web site. CNN will have a mobile iReport station at the public Mass held at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., for attendees to upload personal stories, photos and videos related to the pope’s visit. Contributors also may gain recognition by having the material they submit to the site – once vetted and approved for use – appear on a CNN network or CNN.com.

Broadcast worldwide, CNN’s papal coverage will reach more than 310 million TV households, while also being available to CNN broadcast partners CNN+, CNN Turk, CNN IBN and more than 1,000 affiliates.

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 - New Weekend Show Mines CNN Archives for Lighthearted Look Back at Footage that Made Headlines

Coming off a year of continued ratings growth for its “news and views” programming strategy, Headline News will add Not Just Another Cable News Show to its weekend lineup, it was announced today by Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN Worldwide. The series will take a lighthearted look back at famous – and infamous – stories that made news. The series will premiere on Saturday, April 5, at 7 p.m. and will feature some of the most unforgettable political blunders of our time. Future episodes will highlight bad celebrity behavior, stupid criminals and unusual pop culture fads.

Not Just Another Cable News Show will air each Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m., with re-airs at 9 p.m. and midnight.

“Our CNN news group is in the fortunate position of having nearly 28 years’ worth of archived news footage, and this new series is a unique way of showcasing some of those clips,” Jautz said. “It’s an entertaining way to recall some of the more memorable news moments captured on video.”

The half-hour program will feature comedians, pundits and other “talking heads” offering their take on memorable video clips. The premiere episode includes Time.com editor Ana Marie Cox, Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein, Republican strategist Amy Holmes, Huffington Post media editor Rachel Sklar and comedian Hugh Fink. Not Just Another Cable News Show will be executive-produced by Conway Cliff.

News to Me, the first user-generated program on cable news, will follow Not Just Another Cable News Show at 7:30 p.m, 9:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. News to Me premiered on Headline News in May 2007 and is hosted by Eric Lanford and features the Web’s hottest videos and the news as seen through the eyes – and cameras – of viewers.

Not Just Another Cable News Show is the newest addition to the Headline News lineup of news updates during the day, with personality-based programming every evening. On the third anniversary of the re-launch of the Headline Prime (7 p. m. to midnight) lineup, the network is posting remarkable growth in every demo, up a whopping 83 percent in total viewers and 76 percent in the P25-54 demographic. Since the format change, Headline News has had the fastest-growing shows among cable news networks each year and the most growth and highest audience deliveries in its history.

Headline News, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, 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 Headline Prime at night. The network delivers fast-paced, lively and engaging news, using the best resources of CNN Worldwide. Headline News is designed especially for viewers who want relevant and comprehensive news in a way that suits the urgency of their schedules.

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CNN Pressroom - Multiplatform Effort Will Report on Science, Intervention and Resources for Parents on Wednesday, April 2

CNN will use its unparalleled newsgathering resources to report on the global impact and latest science of the developmental syndrome of autism for the first “World Autism Awareness Day.” Online as well as on CNN/U.S., CNN International, CNN en Español and Headline News, CNN will report on medical insights, information on treatments and intervention, and details about services available for those living with autism for the inaugural international awareness day on Wednesday, April 2.

On CNN/U.S., chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta will report on a range of issues related to autism spectrum disorder beginning on CNN’s American Morning at 6 a.m. through Anderson Cooper 360°.

Worldwide, it is estimated that as many as 35 million people have autism and face considerable challenges and often discrimination. In November 2007, the United Nations declared that April 2 would be an annual day to “encourage Member States to take measures to raise awareness about children with autism throughout society.”

“Bringing awareness and information to viewers and online users globally on topics of urgency and importance, like autism, is exactly what CNN does best,” said Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. “And Sanjay Gupta as our daylong guide for our reporting on this issue is a real differentiator for CNN. It will give depth to our reporting that no other network can offer.”

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated in 2007 that as many as 1 in 150 8-year-old children in multiple areas of the United States had an autism spectrum disorder. Parents must often navigate their own paths to find helpful therapies and finance expensive education and other services independently.

In anticipation of World Autism Awareness Day, CNN.com will offer expanded coverage of this mysterious neurological disorder. Viewers will be able to access news and information including the latest medical theories and research about autism as well as the stories of people who live every day with the condition. Through multimedia and interactive elements, as well as traditional stories and videos, viewers will be invited to expand their knowledge and understanding of autism.

Viewers and users are encouraged to share their firsthand accounts of life with autism through video, photo, audio or text submissions to www.iReport.com, CNN’s recently launched user-generated community Web site. Autism-related iReports are available at www.iReport.com/tags/autism; and iReport.com contributors also may gain recognition by having the material they submit to the site – once vetted and approved for use – appear on a CNN network or CNN.com.

On the weekend preceding World Autism Awareness Day, Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta will devote the full broadcast of House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta to explain the latest medical thinking regarding early signs of autism. While most children are diagnosed with autism at about age two, studies suggest that earlier diagnoses may offer opportunities for critical behavioral interventions. Gupta will explain warnings signs that may be observable as early as 6 to 12 months of age, when early interventions may improve developmental outcomes. House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta airs Saturdays and Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Gupta’s investigation into issues related to insurance coverage and educational therapies for families living with autism will be featured on CNN Radio for affiliates. On CNN.com, the “Paging Dr. Gupta Blog” and “Paging Dr. Gupta” podcast will also feature helpful information for families on autism.

Also on Saturday, March 29, personal finance editor Gerri Willis will offer advice for parents on coping with the tremendous costs of autism for Open House. Open House airs Saturdays at 9:30 a.m.

Preliminary coverage plans for World Autism Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 2, include:

· American Morning will introduce CNN viewers to triplets – each with autism at varying severity – born to Lynn and Randy Gaston in Ellicott City, Md. Additional reports will feature adults living with autism and distinguish medical myths from realities associated with a range of therapies and treatments. CNN’s American Morning airs weekdays on CNN/U.S. from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.

· On CNN en Español, En Familia, a 30 minute program that serves as a guide to parents, and Consulta Médica, a 30-minute prime-time program dedicated to personal health and fitness, will be focusing on the educational needs of children with autism, and addressing the latest controversies examining the link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. En Familia airs each Monday at 11:30 a.m. and Consulta Médica airs each Tuesday on CNN en Español at 11:30 a.m.

· A one-hour global simulcast special We Have Autism, anchored by CNN International’s Colleen McEdwards, will air at noon and focus on the experiences of families living with autism around the world and feature an interview with Suzanne Wright, the co-founder of Autism Speaks, an advocacy organization for people and families living with autism. McEdwards will also report on people living with extreme symptoms of autism, with a focus on Tito, a young man who despite his severe autism, has become a high-functioning poet and author. CNN international correspondent Wilf Dinnick will report on Qatar’s state-of-the-art Shafallah Centre that assists autistic children. The nation of Qatar is credited with leading U.N. efforts to establish World Autism Awareness Day as a day of global awareness. Also for We Have Autism, international correspondent John Vause will report from China about life with autism under communism. U.S. affairs editor for CNN International, Jill Dougherty will report on a family with a child recently diagnosed as autistic as they seek the best help for their child. We Have Autism will air on CNN/U.S. and CNN International.

· Actor, author, parent and autism activist Jenny McCarthy, as well as Bobby Kennedy, Jr., senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council who believes that thimerosal in vaccines is responsible for autism, will be guests on Larry King Live. Larry King Live airs weeknights on CNN/U.S. at 9 p.m. and replays at midnight.

· “Finding Amanda,” a one-hour Anderson Cooper 360° special, features a few of the approximately 600,000 American adults who live with autism. Gupta will introduce viewers to Amanda Baggs of Burlington, Vt., and others, who share with him how they experience the world – from their perspective. “Finding Amanda” will premiere on CNN/U.S. at 11 p.m. and replay at 2 a.m.

· Showbiz Tonight will feature a report on a groundbreaking documentary, Autism: The Musical, set to debut on HBO on Tuesday, March 25. Showbiz Tonight airs on Headline News weeknights at 11 p.m. and replays at 2 a.m.

· CNN Newsource will offer affiliates custom liveshots with medical correspondent Judy Fortin between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. on April 2 about how families with older children living with autism cope with their challenges. Fortin’s package features a Grayson, Ga., family with a 12-year-old autistic child.

Additional programming focused upon autism will be announced closer to April 2.

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