Is Jeff Zucker Headed For CNN?
By Luke Kerr on November 28, 2012
In October, Deadline reported Jeff Zucker, former CEO of NBCUniversal and Katie executive producer, was among the possible contenders to take over ratings-challenged cable news channel CNN. Now The New York Times is reporting the four-month search is focusing on Zucker.
Several news executives close to Mr. Zucker said this week that they believed he had been chosen to run CNN, and they expected the appointment to be announced soon. People close to the Time Warner chief executive, Jeffrey L. Bewkes, also identified Mr. Zucker. A Time Warner spokesman declined to comment.
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19 May 2011
2 hours 8 min
Yawn.
28 October 2008
1 hour 55 min
Glad to see he is committed to making KATIE a success
8 September 2009
2 hours 47 min
More industry recycling? I think he should retire quite honestly.
18 February 2009
3 hours 52 min
Despite his apparent friendship with Piers Morgan, I hope he realizes business is business and has the good sense to kick him to the curb (for the good of the network)!
23 January 2008
1 week 6 days
Good luck to him. He'll need it. He's going to have to fire half of the anchors. The first one to go should be Soledad O'Brien.
4 May 2009
1 day 6 hours
Love how these guys keep "failing upward." He destroyed NBC, Katie is DOA, and now he gets to run an international news organization. Go figure.
25 October 2011
18 weeks 3 days
Some people can get second and third chances to fail miserbly. Others, not so much.