CNN announced broad personnel and operational changes Wed. to imp...
CNN announced broad personnel and operational changes Wed. to improve its newsgathering operations and streamline its global TV and Web services. Changes introduced by new senior management team are to: (1) Integrate Newsgathering Div., with journalists providing comprehensive reporting…
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for all of CNN’s TV, radio, Web sites and ancillary services such as wireless devices and private networks. (2) Integrate TV channels and their respective Web sites such as CNN.com, CNN/SI, CNNfn, CNN International and CNN en Espanol under single management structure. (3) Introduce new technology to improve speed and efficiency of field reporting, editing and distribution. As result of changes, company will cut work force just under 10% (400 members of News Group staff) in coming weeks, company said; 1/3 of those positions are current CNN Interactive staff and another 1/3 from programming. After personnel and operational changes, CNN will remain among world’s largest news organizations with 3,900 employees, 1,000 of them devoted to newsgathering, company said. Among other initiatives announced: (1) Setting up a Newgathering “superdesk” in Atlanta to enhance cross-service/platform communication and allow for faster decision-making. (2) Combining domestic and international operations of Newsource, CNN’s affiliate news service.