CNN NewsStand

''CNN NewsStand'' is a project to create CNN programming associated with publications owned by Time Warner, shortly after CNN owner Turner Broadcasting System had been bought by Time Warner. The second "S" in "NewsStand" was not capitalized consistently even within Time Warner. In its original concept, ''NewsStand'' would feature an in-depth program each weeknight, assuming a report was available, branded as combining CNN with a Time Warner magazine.

The CNN Newsstand name has been used since 2008 for airport retail stores run by Hudson Group.

CNN & Time

The first and best-known NewsStand combination was titled ''CNN & Time'', or sometimes ''NewsStand: CNN & Time''. It was heavily promoted in advance as a joint project between CNN and ''Time'' magazine and the first major example of "synergy" in the Time-Warner merger.

The ''NewsStand'' series' debut episode, broadcast on 1997-06-07, was a ''CNN & Time'' presentation, "Valley of Death", a highly controversial report that accused the United States military of using sarin

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