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• Cable news network Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.(a Time Warner company).

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• CNN CABLE NEWS NETWORK• A major news cable television

network• Founded on 1st June 1980 by

Ted Turner1st June 1980• CNN began with 1.7 million

subscribers• Now owned by Time Warner

introduced the idea of 24-hour television news coverage

• It’s been 30 years to CNN• David Walker and Lois Hart

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• Headquarters CNN Center Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

• Divisions CNN, TNT, TCM, HLN Cartoon Network Boomerang, Tru TV, T BS

• Website, www.turner.com

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Since 1995, CNN.com has provided news to the world

From July 1st, the enhanced CNN.com/international will improve the way users interact

with news leverage CNN’s existing expertise incorporate latest web trends and

developments

1995

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April 14, 2010• "Our mission, our

mandate, is to deliver the best journalism in the world,"

CNN President Jon Klein said CNN would continue to expand technology and innovation

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• The first Persian Gulf War in 1991 was a watershed event for CNN.

• CNN was the only news outlet with the ability to communicate with live reports from the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad by reporters Bernard Shaw, John Holliman, and Peter Arnett.

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• CNN was the first network to break the news of the September 11 attacks at 8:49 a.m. ET

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• Anchor Carol Lin was on the air to deliver the first public report of 9/11

• Daryn Kagan and Leon Harris were live on the air just after 9 a.m. ET as the second plane hit the World Trade Center

• Later, Aaron Brown anchored through the day and night as the attacks unfolded.

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• Sean Murtagh, CNN vice-president for finance and administration, was the first CNN employee on the air in New York.

• Coincidentally, September 11, 2001 was Paula Zhan's first day as a CNN reporter.

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• Considering their lighthearted report on people who confuse “Osama” with “Obama” aired less than 4 years ago …Jan 2007

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• CNN Newsroom airs continuously for eight hours.

• On weekends, it airs at various times with late-night editions.

• In 2010, CNN Newsroom was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award

• Also that year, it was nominated for "Outstanding TV Journalism Segment" SABEEH & ZAIN

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