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The **Cable News Network** (**CNN**) is a multinational news channel and website headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by AT&T's Warnermedia, CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

As of February 2023, CNN had 80 million television households as subscribers in the US. According to Nielsen, in June 2021 CNN ranked first in viewership among cable news networks, behind Fox News and MSNBC, amid sharp declines in viewers across all cable news networks. While CNN ranked 14th among all basic cable networks in 2019, then jumped to 5th during a major surge for the three largest cable news networks (completing a rankings streak of Fox News at number 6 and MSNBC at number 7 for that year). Globally, CNN programming airs through CNN International.

## History of CNN

The Cable News Network launched at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 1980. After an introduction by Ted Turner, the husband and wife team of David Walker and Lois Hart anchored the channel's first newscast. Burt Reinhardt, the executive vice president of CNN, hired most of the channel's first 200 employees, including the network's first news anchor, Bernard Shaw.

Since its debut, CNN has expanded its reach to several cable and satellite television providers, websites, and specialized closed-circuit channels (such as CNN Airport). The company has 47 bureaus (14 domestic, 33 international), more than 900 affiliated local stations (which also receive news and features content via the video newswire service CNN Newsource), and several regional and foreign-language networks around the world. The channel's success made a bona-fide mogul of founder Ted Turner and set the stage for conglomerate AOL Time Warner's (later WarnerMedia) eventual acquisition of the Turner Broadcasting System in 1996.

## Programming

CNN's current weekday schedule consists mostly of rolling news programming during daytime hours, followed by in-depth news and information programs during the evening and prime time hours. The network's morning programming consists of CNN Business Morning, an early-morning business news program (simulcast from CNN Business) hosted by Christine Romans at 5–6 a.m. ET. This is followed by American Morning, the network's morning show, hosted by Soledad O'Brien, John Berman and Indra Petersons, at 6–9 a.m. ET. CNN Newsroom serves as the network's rolling news block on weekdays, with its morning edition anchored by Tony Harris and Kate Bolduan, and its afternoon edition anchored by Kyra Phillips and Boris Sanchez. In between these two blocks is Inside Politics, hosted by Dana Bash at noon–1 p.m. ET.

CNN's late afternoon and early evening lineup consists of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer at 4–7 p.m. ET. the program is sometimes anchored by Brianna Keilar and/or John Berman when Blitzer is not present. The network's evening and prime time lineup shifts towards more in-depth programming, including Manu Raju, USA at 7 p.m. ET, Anderson Cooper 360° at 8 p.m. ET, The Source with Kaitlan Collins at 9 p.m. ET and NewsNight with T. J. Holmes at 10 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. PT. Overnight programming consists of a simulcast of Sports Tonight from B/R 360, reruns of the primetime lineup, rebroadcast of Moneyline with Erin Burnett from CNN Business, a 4 a.m. simulcast of the CNN International version of CNN Newsroom and CNN Student News, a commercial-free newscast aimed at a global audience of students, teachers, and adults.

Weekend primetime—from 8 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET—is dedicated mostly to factual programming, such as documentary specials and miniseries, and documentary-style reality series (such as Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and United Shades of America), as well as acquired documentary films presented under the banner CNN Films. The network's weekend morning programming consists of 30-minute editions of CNN Newsroom (simulcast from CNN International) at 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. ET, the weekend edition of CNN This Morning, hosted by Christi Paul and Boris Sanchez, which airs every Saturday at 6–7:30 a.m. and 8–9:30 a.m. ET and Sunday at 6–7:30 a.m. and 8–9:30 a.m. ET. Sunday morning lineup consists primarily of political talk shows, including State of the Union, hosted by Dana Bash at 9 a.m. ET and repeated at noon ET, the international affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS, hosted by Fareed Zakaria at 10 a.m. ET and repeated at 1 p.m. ET., and the media analysis program Reliable Sources, hosted by Brian Stelter at 11 a.m. Eastern. Weekend programming other than aforementioned slots is filled with CNN Newsroom.

## Other platforms

### Website

CNN launched its website, CNN.com (initially known as CNN Interactive), on August 30, 1995. The site attracted growing interest over its first decade and is now one of the most popular news websites in the world. The widespread growth of blogs, social media and user-generated content have influenced the site, and blogs in particular have focused CNN's previously scattershot online offerings, most noticeably in the development and launch of CNN Pipeline in late 2005.

In April 2009, CNN.com ranked third place among online global news sites in unique users in the U.S., according to Nielsen/NetRatings; with an increase of 11% over the previous year.

CNN Pipeline was the name of a paid subscription service, its corresponding website, and a content delivery client that provided streams of live video from up to four sources (or "pipes"), on-demand access to CNN stories and reports, and optional pop-up "news alerts" to computer users. The installable client was available to users of PCs running Microsoft Windows. There was also a browser-based "web client" that did not require installation. The service was discontinued in July 2007, and was replaced with a free streaming service.

On October 24, 2009, CNN launched a new version of the CNN.com website; the revamped site included the addition of a new "sign up" option, in which users can create their own username and profile, and a new "CNN Pulse" (beta) feature, along with a new red color theme. However, most of the news stories archived on the website were deleted.

### Blogs

The topical news program Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics was the first CNN program to feature a round-up of blogs in 2005. Blog coverage was expanded when Inside Politics was folded into The Situation Room (Inside Politics later returned to CNN in 2014, this time hosted by the network's chief national correspondent John King.). In 2006, CNN launched CNN Exchange and CNN iReport, initiatives designed to further introduce and centralize the impact of everything from blogging to citizen journalism within the CNN brand. CNN iReport which features user-submitted photos and video, has achieved considerable traction, with increasingly professional-looking reports filed by amateur journalists, many still in high school or college. The iReport gained more prominence when observers of the Virginia Tech shootings sent-in first hand photos of what was going on during the shootings.

In April 2010, CNN announced via Twitter that it would launch a food blog called "Eatocracy", which will "cover all news related to food – from recalls to health issues to culture".

CNNHealth consists of expert doctors answering viewers' questions online at CNN's "The Chart" blog website. Contributors include Drs. Sanjay Gupta (Chief Medical Correspondent), Charles Raison (Mental Health Expert), Otis Brawley (Conditions Expert), Melina Jampolis (Diet and Fitness Expert), Jennifer Shu (Living Well Expert), and Elizabeth Cohen (Senior Medical Correspondent).

### Other digital offerings

In early 2008, CNN began maintaining a live streaming broadcast available to cable and satellite subscribers who receive CNN at home (a precursor to the TV Everywhere services that would become popularized by cable and satellite providers beginning with Time Warner's incorporation of the medium). CNN International is broadcast live, as part of the RealNetworks SuperPass subscription service outside the U.S. CNN also offers several RSS feeds and podcasts.

CNN also has multiple channels in the popular video-sharing site YouTube, but those videos can only be viewed in the United States, a source of criticism among YouTube users worldwide. In 2014, CNN launched a radio version of their television programming on TuneIn Radio.

On March 7, 2017, CNN announced the official launch of its virtual reality unit named CNNVR. It will produce 360 videos to its Android and iOS apps within CNN Digital. It is planning to cover major news events with the online, and digital news team in New York City, Atlanta, London, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Dubai, Johannesburg, Tokyo, and Beijing.

CNN Newsource is a subscription-based affiliation video service that provides CNN content to television station affiliates with CNN, including terrestrial stations and international stations. Newsource allows affiliates to download video from CNN, as well as from other affiliates who upload their video to Newsource.

CNN also maintains a wire service known as CNN Wire.

CNN's digital storefront, which sells branded merchandise, household goods, and software, is operated by StackCommerce via partnership.

In 2021, CNN Digital had an average of 144 million unique visitors in the United States according to Comscore, making it the most viewed digital news outlet, ahead of The New York Times, NBC News, Fox News, The Washington Post.

### Films

In October 2012, CNN formed a film division called CNN Films to distribute and produce made-for-TV and feature documentaries. Its first acquisition was a documentary entitled Girl Rising, a documentary narrated by Meryl Streep that focused on the struggles of girls' education.

### Radio

CNN operates a radio network that provides news updates and other content to radio stations nationwide, including access to a wire service, and digital content for its station websites. This service is distributed by Westwood One.

## Specialized channels

Over the years, CNN has launched spin-off networks in the United States and other countries. Channels that currently operate as of 2022 include:

* B/R 360 – a U.S. sports news channel (formerly called CNN Sports Illustrated and CNN Bleacher Report)
* CNN Airport
* CNN Business – financial channel (formerly called CNNfn and CNN Business)
* CNN Chile – a Chilean news channel that launched on December 4, 2008.
* CNN Deutschland – a German news programming block that airs through CNN International's TV signal in Germany
* CNN en Español
* CNN International
* CNN Italia (an Italian news website operated in partnership with the publishing company Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso)
* CNN Türk – a Turkish media outlet
* CNN-News18 – an Indian news channel (licensed to Network 18)
* CNN Indonesia – an Indonesian news channel that launched on August 17, 2015. (licensed to Trans Media)
* CNNj – a Japanese news outlet
* CNN/US HD – launched for American viewers in late 2010, and is distributed by Japan Cable Television (JCTV) to several different multi-channel TV providers, such as J:COM, SKY PerfecTV!, iTSCOM and the JCTVWiFi service.
* CNN Philippines – a Filipino news channel launched on March 16, 2015 (licensed to Nine Media Corporation and Radio Philippines Network (RPN))
* CNN Prima News – a Czech news channel. (that launched on May 3, 2020, licensed to Prima Group)
* A2 CNN – an Albanian news channel
* Antena 3 CNN – a Romanian news channel. (licensed to Intact Media Group)
* HLN – a U.S. basic cable channel (formerly called CNN2 and CNN Headline News)
* CNN Portugal – a Portuguese news channel launched on November 22, 2021. (licensed to Media Capital)

## Bureaus

CNN operates bureaus in the following cities as of February 2023:

#### United States

* Atlanta, Georgia (World Headquarters)
* Boston, Massachusetts
* Charlotte, North Carolina
* Chicago, Illinois
* Dallas, Texas
* Denver, Colorado
* Houston, Texas
* Los Angeles, California
* Miami, Florida
* New York City, New York (parent WarnerMedia's Headquarters)
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* San Francisco, California
* Seattle, Washington
* Washington, D.C.

#### Worldwide

* Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
* Baghdad, Iraq
* Bangkok, Thailand
* Beijing, China
* Beirut, Lebanon
* Belgrade, Yugoslavia
* Berlin, Germany
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Cairo, Egypt
* Caracas, Venezuela
* Dubai, United Arab Emirates
* Frankfurt, Germany
* Havana, Cuba
* Hong Kong
* Islamabad, Pakistan
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Jakarta, Indonesia
* Jerusalem, Israel
* Johannesburg, South Africa
* Lagos, Nigeria
* London, United Kingdom
* Madrid, Spain
* Mexico City, Mexico
* Moscow, Russia
* Nairobi, Kenya
* New Delhi, India
* Paris, France
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Rome, Italy
* Seoul, South Korea
* Sydney, Australia
* Taipei, China
* Tokyo, Japan

In parts of the world without a CNN bureau, reports from local affiliate stations will be used to file a story.