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CNN is announcing layoffs as part of a further shift to digital business
CNN announced a restructuring Thursday that includes some 200 layoffs, an accelerated pivot to digital operations and new TV roles for personalities like Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper and Audie Cornish. It's the boldest revamp yet in the 18-month tenure of CEO Mark Thompson, a former...
Symbol of unity? Inauguration news coverage illustrates differences that pull country apart
A presidential inauguration is traditionally a symbol of the traditions that bind Americans together. Mainstream media coverage of the event on Monday provided many reminders of what keeps people apart. On the Martin Luther King Day holiday, news organizations offered wall-to-wall...
Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans
After a Florida jury found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran who helped rescue endangered Afghans, the network reached a settlement on Friday to avoid a punishing order that it pay punitive damages. The unusual ruling against a media outlet following a jury defamation trial was a...
CNN defamation trial comes at a rough time for legacy media — and for the struggling network
NEW YORK (AP) — At a particularly inopportune time for legacy media and CNN, the news outlet is on trial in Florida this week, accused of defaming a Navy veteran involved in rescuing endangered Afghans from that country when the U.S. ended its involvement there in 2021. The...
CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed
CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad's regime was not what it seemed. The network said that it has since found out that the man shown in correspondent...
