Jeff Zucker has been named the new chief of CNN.(Photo: Matt Sayles, AP)
NEW YORK - CNN has named former NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker as its new top executive.
Zucker
is replacing Jim Walton, who announced he was leaving this past summer.
Zucker takes over a network that was the first in cable news but has
lagged behind Fox News Channel and, often, MSNBC in the ratings and has
been searching for direction.
Since leaving as chief of NBC
Universal, Zucker has been working with Katie Couric to put her talk
show on the air. He spent many years as the top producer on NBC's Today show during its glory years in the 1990s.
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