24 Facts About CNN

Globally, CNN programming has aired through CNN International, seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories; since May 2019, however, the US domestic version has absorbed international news coverage in order to reduce programming costs.

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.

CNN has 42 bureaus, more than 900 affiliated local stations (which receive news and features content via the video newswire service CNN Newsource), and several regional and foreign-language networks around the world.

In May 2014, CNN premiered The Sixties, a documentary miniseries produced by Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman which chronicled the United States in the 1960s.

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CNN began broadcasting in the high-definition 1080i resolution format in September 2007.

In December 2008, CNN introduced a comprehensive redesign of its on-air appearance, which replaced an existing style that had been used since 2004.

On February 26, 2022, it was announced that Chris Licht—known for his work at MSNBC and CBS—would be the next president of CNN; he is planned to be instated after the spin off and merger of WarnerMedia into Discovery Inc.

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, on-demand access to CNN stories and reports, and optional pop-up "news alerts" to computer users.

CNN reported that they took preventive measures after news broke of the impending attack.

CNN placed a live chat with Benjamin Netanyahu on the network in 1998.

In early 2008, CNN began maintaining a live streaming broadcast available to cable and satellite subscribers who receive CNN at home.

CNN International is broadcast live, as part of the RealNetworks SuperPass subscription service outside the U S CNN offers several RSS feeds and podcasts.

CNN 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.

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.

On November 28, 2016, CNN announced the acquisition of Beme for a reported $25 million.

Since the shutdown of the app, it was announced that CNN intended to use the current talent behind Beme to work on a separate start-up endeavor.

In October 2012, CNN formed a film division called CNN Films to distribute and produce made-for-TV and feature documentaries.

CNN has launched television and online ventures that are no longer in operation, including:.

CNN launched "Great Big Story" in November 2015 to produce content tailored toward younger viewers.

CNN has been involved in various controversies, criticisms and allegations since its inception in 1980.

CNN has been accused of having a liberal bias during the presidency of Donald Trump.

CNN Films was awarded a Peabody for the documentary "Apollo 11".