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Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international
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channel and
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, owned by CNN Worldwide. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network
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's national and international news bureaus. Unlike its sister channel, CNN, a North American-only subscription service, CNN International is carried on a variety of TV platforms across the world, and broadcast from studios inside and outside the United States, in Atlanta, New York City, London, Mumbai, Hong Kong, and
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...
. In some countries, it is available as a
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network. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to
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,
France 24 France 24 ( in French) is a French state-owned publicly funded international news television network based in Paris. Its channels, broadcast in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, are aimed at the overseas market. Based in the Paris suburb ...
,
CGTN China Global Television Network (CGTN) is one of three branches of state-run China Media Group and the international division of China Central Television (CCTV). Headquartered in Beijing, CGTN broadcasts news in multiple languages. CGTN is un ...
, DW, RT,
DD India DD India, is an Indian state-owned international English language news and current affairs channel from India. The service is also aimed at the overseas market, similar to WION, CNN International, BBC News, DW, VOA, France24, NHK World-Ja ...
,
NHK World NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-service broadcasters, ...
,
TRT World TRT Global, previously named TRT World, is a Turkish public broadcaster which broadcasts in English 24 hours a day and is operated by the TRT and based in the Ulus quarter of Ankara. It provides worldwide news and current affairs focusing on ...
or
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; , ) is a 24-hour English-language News broadcasting, news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is funded by the government of Qatar. Al Jazeera introduced an English-language division in 2006. It is ...
.


History


Early years

CNN International began broadcasting on September 1, 1985, at first primarily broadcasting to American business travelers in hotels. The first studio for CNNI was at CNN's original studio building known as Techwood, home at that time to all of Turner Broadcasting System's channels. Today, it is home to the Techwood Studios complex that houses the entertainment channels. Other early studios in Atlanta were tucked away in various corners of the
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, and the newsroom lacked even a
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. The vast majority of the network's programming originally consisted of simulcasts of the two domestic CNN channels ( CNN/US and
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). In the United Kingdom, the channel began broadcasting on September 17, 1987, the office was located at 25/28 Old Burlington Street, London. In 1990, however, the amount of news programming produced by CNNI especially for international viewers increased significantly. Paul Vessey, an executive of CNN International, said in 1992 that CNN will go international style and get "less and less American". A new newsroom and studio complex was built in 1994, as CNN decided to compete against
BBC World Service Television BBC World Service Television, often abbreviated to WSTV (World Service Television), was the name of two BBC international satellite television channels between 1991 and 1995. It was the BBC's first foray into worldwide television broadcasting. In ...
's news programming. CNNI emerged as an internationally oriented news channel, with staff members of various national backgrounds, even though some accusations of a pro-U.S. editorial bias persist. CNN International was awarded the
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on July 4, 1997. Ted Turner, in accepting the medal on behalf of the network, said: "My idea was, we're just going to give people the facts... We didn't have to show liberty and democracy as good and show socialism or totalitarianism as bad. If we just showed them both the way they were ... everybody's going to choose liberty and democracy."


New international era (1995–2005)

In 1995, creative director Morgan Almeida defined a progressive rebranding strategy, to target CNNI's diverse global market, making the on-air look less overtly American and with a cleaner, simpler "international" aesthetic going forward. The word "International" in the channel's logo was replaced with a globe, and the new branding featured numerous international locations filmed in time-lapse, channel idents created in CGI with Velvet Design in Munich, and a news brand designed with
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in New York. The regionalization of CNN International was through the efforts of Chris Cramer, joining CNN in 1996. CNN International was split into three feeds Asia, Europe/Africa/Middle East and Latin America. By 1998, CNN International produced 90% of its content, up from 50% in 1996. The rest of the percentage is for domestic CNN broadcasts from the United States. According to an annual PAX survey, in 1998 and 1999 CNN International was the leading cable and satellite network in Asia in terms of viewership among affluent households and among business decision-makers. CNN International planned to air shows in 1999 including World Beat, its popular weekly international music segment, and the global arts round-up Art Club. The channel was banned in China in June 1999, on the tenth anniversary of the Tianamnen Square massacre.


2006–2009 revamp

The network undertook another major rebranding effort in 2006 overseen by Mark Wright and London agency Kemistry. The ticker was replaced by a flipper, on-screen graphics were more unified and from October 2007 until August 2008, new studios were progressively rolled out. However, on January 1, 2009, CNN International adopted the "lower-thirds" that CNN/US had introduced a month earlier which was inspired by the clean modern design of the CNNI rebrand efforts. In the U.S., CNNI North America was distributed overnight and on weekends over the
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financial channel, until that channel's demise in December 2004. It is now available as a standalone, full-time channel, usually as part of high-tier packages of subscription providers including
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,
AT&T U-Verse U-verse TV is an internet protocol television (IPTV) service operated by DirecTV. Launched on June 26, 2006, U-verse was originally a triple play package that included broadband Internet (now AT&T Internet or AT&T Fiber), IP telephone (now AT& ...
, Verizon FiOS and
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.


Going beyond borders (2009–2013)

From January until September 2009, CNN International adopted more programs that became geared towards a primetime European audience with a few titled after CNN International personalities, most notably the interview program '' Amanpour''. On September 21, 2009, the channel launched a new tagline "Go Beyond Borders", along with a new logo, and consolidated its general newscasts (''World News'', ''CNN Today'', ''World News Asia'', ''World News Europe'' and ''
Your World Today ''Your World Today'' is a former daily international news-magazine television series that aired on CNN International, a sister cable-news channel to CNN. The show served as a morning breakfast show for viewers in the Asia-Pacific region. Pr ...
'') into a single newscast entitled ''World Report''. The slogan "Go Beyond Borders" emphasizes the international perspective that gives the information in this string and the plurality of the audiences. With this tagline, CNN also refers to the various platforms to disseminate their content. The new image was created by the creativity and marketing department, and agency CNN Tooth & Nail. An important element of the rebrand was a new evening program that added the broadcast of programs ''Amanpour'' and ''World One''. The makeover of CNN International has been subject to a lot of criticism on both the new prime-time lineup and the redesigned graphics. On January 11, 2009, in a bid to compete directly with
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, the network launched a new production center: CNN
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, based in the United Arab Emirates. Then, CNN International adapted half-hour shows in its schedule with a new evening prime program for the
Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
viewers, ''Prism''. In 2010, CNN International launched new programs for its evening lineup to improve its schedule. In 2011, programs from CNN U.S. were added to the CNN International schedule, including the talk program ''
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'' which was later canceled and replaced with
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hosted by Don Lemon.


This is CNN (2013–present)

"This is CNN" represents CNN International's rebrand with new sets and output in full 16:9 high definition. The "This is CNN" slogan is also used on its sister network
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in the United States. The managing director of CNN International from 2003 to May 2019 was Tony Maddox. In 2019, CNN International announced it was reducing its programming and staff based in London to reduce costs, with CNNI losing $10 million per year. Later that year, CNNI cancelled its Asia-Pacific Primetime Show, ''
News Stream ''News Stream'' was a global news program on CNN International aired as a weekday prime time show for Asian audiences. The program was filmed in Hong Kong and anchored by Kristie Lu Stout. From 9PM to 10PM Hong Kong time, HKT (UTC+8:00), it cove ...
'', anchored by
Kristie Lu Stout Kristie Lu Stout (, born December 7, 1974) is an American journalist and news anchor for CNN International. She currently hosts the program ''Marketplace Asia'' and other feature programs. She previously hosted the daily news show ''News Stream' ...
, effectively ending production output from its Hong Kong Studios. In 2022, WarnerMedia closed CNN International in Russia due to
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.


Regional and online versions

There are five variants of CNN International: *
CNN International Asia Pacific CNN International Asia Pacific is the Asia-Pacific edition of the CNN International pay-TV cable network. The feed originates from Hong Kong and Indonesia. It officially launched on 1 August 1989. From 1997 until 2005, this edition included ...
, based in Hong Kong, China;
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, Taiwan and Manila, Philippines * CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa, based in London, United Kingdom * CNN International in Latin America, based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. * CNN International North America, based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. *
CNN International South Asia CNN International South Asia is a Pan-South Asian English-language news channel based in New Delhi, India. The channel is owned by CNN Worldwide, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery. It was launched on pay television, in 1995. The chann ...
, based in New Delhi, India The schedules of the different regional versions no longer differ significantly from each other, but there are still minor variations such as content during the commercial breaks (e.g. weather forecasts and local airtimes shown). CNN has reported that its broadcast agreement in mainland China includes an arrangement that its signal must pass through a Chinese-controlled satellite. With this method of transmission, Chinese authorities have been able to black out CNNI segments at will. CNN has also said that its broadcasts are not widely available in mainland China, but rather only in certain diplomatic compounds, hotels, and apartment blocks. In June 2015, CNN International was made available online in the United States for CNN/U.S subscribers on participating television providers through the CNNgo service.


CNNj

CNNj is a Japanese version of CNN International distributed by Japan Cable Television that first launched on March 1, 2003. CNNj is tailored specifically for a Japanese audience, with all programming broadcast from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (
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) being translated into Japanese. The channel used to broadcast a mixture of CNN International and CNN/US, but since 2008, CNNj has been a direct relay of
CNN International Asia Pacific CNN International Asia Pacific is the Asia-Pacific edition of the CNN International pay-TV cable network. The feed originates from Hong Kong and Indonesia. It officially launched on 1 August 1989. From 1997 until 2005, this edition included ...
. Starting late 2010, the high-definition feed of CNN US was launched in Japan for American viewers under the name "CNN/US HD", the first such feed available outside of the United States.


Simulcasts between CNNI and CNN/US, and between CNNI and CNN Max

Apart from during the earliest days of the network, CNNI, until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, produced almost all of its programming, and generally only simulcast CNN/US's primetime output. However, since the start of the outbreak, CNNI's programming has been significantly cut back, although international programmes have slowly been reintroduced. However, CNNI still only opts out of CNN US for less than the 24-hour clock period, and CNNI currently draws from the feed of the main CNN channel for all editions of '' CNN This Morning'', ''
Erin Burnett Outfront ''Erin Burnett OutFront'' is an hour-long television news program hosted by Erin Burnett on CNN. The show premiered on October 3, 2011 in the 7:00pm time slot to replace '' John King, USA''. Until the launch of '' CNN Tonight'' in 2014, ''Out ...
'', ''
Anderson Cooper 360° ''Anderson Cooper 360°'' (commonly shortened to either ''AC-360'' or ''360'') is an American television news show on CNN and CNN International, hosted by CNN journalist and news anchor Anderson Cooper. Current segments include ‘Reality Check ...
'' and ''
CNN Tonight ''CNN Tonight'' is the title of several news programs that were broadcast by U.S. cable network CNN. The ''CNN Tonight'' branding has primarily been used for transitional programs aired by CNN in the evening and prime time hours as part of chang ...
''. CNNI also broadcasts most of ''
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''. At the weekend, CNNI simulcasts much of the entire weekend schedule, apart from the first hour of ''CNN This Morning'' and some of ''CNN Newsroom''. Programs seen on the global network include the Sunday edition of ''
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'', '' State of the Union'', ''
Fareed Zakaria GPS ''Fareed Zakaria GPS'' is a weekly public affairs show hosted by journalist and author Fareed Zakaria on CNN and broadcast around the world by CNN International. The "GPS" in the show's title stands for "Global Public Square," a reference to t ...
'', '' Smerconish'' and some ''
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'' documentaries. CNNI also simulcasts CNN/US newscasts whenever major events happen in the United States or around the world. Also, certain scheduled broadcasts, such as ''
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'' and ''Election Night in America'', are aired on CNN International. Likewise, CNN/US occasionally turns to CNNI newscasts, primarily when major international news breaks during overnight hours in the U.S. During simulcasts, the timepiece of CNN/US is replaced by that of CNNI, and CNN/US's red logo on a white field is retained in the on-screen graphic, aligning with CNN/US as the originating source. As of August 2014, following the unrest in
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, a permanent simulcast of CNNI's block of ''Newsroom'' with Rosemary Church and
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was added to the late-night lineup of CNN/US, serving as a lead-in to ''Early Start''. In late 2015,
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and anchor
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began to anchor a two-hour block of the simulcast from CNN studios in Los Angeles. In 2017, CNN International began simulcasting the first hour of the weekday edition of '' New Day'' and on September 10, 2018, ''
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'' started to be simulcast on CNNI. In 2019, CNN International announced it was reducing its programming and staff based in London to reduce costs. Consequently, an additional two hours of simulcasts with CNN/US on weekdays were added – the first hour of ''Early Start'' and the second hour of ''New Day'', resulting in CNNI broadcasting CNN/US for seven hours each weekday. By mid-April 2020, due to the impact of the
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on CNN's operations, CNN/US weekday programming accounted for 14 hours within each 24-hour cycle of CNN International broadcasting time, with CNN International's daily worldwide programming in Europe consisting of five hours of the international version of CNN Newsroom, from 5 a.m. – 10 a.m. GMT, and five internationally focused programs: ''
CNN World Sport ''World Sport'' is a weekday news-magazine television series on CNN International that delivers a roundup of global sports news. The program is broadcast from the network's world headquarters at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and from the burea ...
'', '' First Move with Julia Chatterley'' and '' Connect the World with Becky Anderson'' between the hours of 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. GMT; with ''Amanpour'' and '' Quest Means Business'', between 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. GMT. Each of those internationally focused programs air for one hour each, except ''Connect the World'', which airs for two hours and if live news events are slated to happen during ''Amanpours timeslot, that show may air at a different time. Weekend simulcasts of CNN/US were increased with CNN/US's live news output shown in full at the time. Apart from between 5 a.m. – 11 a.m. GMT when editions of the international version of CNN Newsroom were aired alongside magazine programs, CNN International only showed its programming – consisting of magazine programs – when CNN/US was broadcasting repeat showings of programs it had aired earlier that day. Later in 2020, live weekend domestic programming on CNN International was slightly reduced to accommodate newer editions of magazine programs although apart from during the North American overnight period, CNNI still does not produce any of its news coverage at the weekend although on weekdays, ''
CNN World Sport ''World Sport'' is a weekday news-magazine television series on CNN International that delivers a roundup of global sports news. The program is broadcast from the network's world headquarters at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and from the burea ...
'' was re-introduced and is broadcast instead of the final 30 minutes of '' New Day'' and June 2021 saw the return of other weekday programs with international programming now airing on weekdays between 8 am and 4 pm Eastern Time which means that CNN U.S. daytime rolling daytime news programming is once again not seen on CNN International on weekdays. Since the beginning of the
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in February 2022, CNN International has been augmenting CNN/US programming during hours that usually would be repeats or specials, such as overnights and late in the evening on Saturdays and Sundays. This has effectively given CNN/US rolling live 24-hour coverage throughout most of the conflict. On September 27, 2023, selected CNNI programmes were simulcast on CNN Max, CNN's streaming-only channel available on the US streaming service
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. The CNN International programmes simulcast there include ''State of the Race with Kasie Hunt'' (currently not airing), ''One World with Zain Asher & Bianna Golodryga'', ''Amanpour'', ''Quest Means Business'', and various editions of ''CNN Newsroom''. Since February and March 2024, CNN Max editions of ''CNN Newsroom'' presented by Amara Walker, Fredricka Whitfield, and Rahel Solomon, have also aired on CNNI. January 2024 saw the return of ''First Move with Julia Chatterley''. The program airs just before the start of the Asian trading day, as opposed to just before the start of the American trading day. As of mid-2025, CNNI's weekday simulcasting of CNN US programming operates on weeknights between 7 pm and midnight ET and between 5 am and 8.30 am ET and at the weekend, all live news programming on the global network comes from CNN US although this is interrupted at various time of the day by magazine programmes.


Programming


News programs

Some of the programs produced by CNN/US are not broadcast on CNNI in full. * '' Amanpour'' * ''
Anderson Cooper 360° ''Anderson Cooper 360°'' (commonly shortened to either ''AC-360'' or ''360'') is an American television news show on CNN and CNN International, hosted by CNN journalist and news anchor Anderson Cooper. Current segments include ‘Reality Check ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''
CNN NewsNight ''CNN NewsNight'' is a live news program which airs on the CNN and CNN International networks. It airs at 10:00 PM ET on weeknights and is currently hosted by Abby Phillip. During its first run, the show focused on investigative journalism ...
with Abby Phillip''; produced by CNN/US * ''
CNN Newsroom ''CNN Newsroom'' (also simply known as ''Newsroom'') is the branding used for blocks of rolling news programming carried by the American cable network CNN. The program debuted on September 4, 2006, consolidating most of CNN's existing rolling n ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''
CNN Newsroom ''CNN Newsroom'' (also simply known as ''Newsroom'') is the branding used for blocks of rolling news programming carried by the American cable network CNN. The program debuted on September 4, 2006, consolidating most of CNN's existing rolling n ...
'' * ''
CNN News Central ''CNN News Central'' is a daytime news program carried by the U.S. cable news channel CNN. It premiered on April 3, 2023, as part of a phase-out of CNN's existing rolling news block ''CNN Newsroom'', with its afternoon edition premiering two wee ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''
CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish ''CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish'' is an American early-morning news program broadcast by CNN. It is currently anchored by Audie Cornish and airs from 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. ET. It first premiered on January 2, 2012, as ''Early Start'', actin ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''
CNN This Morning Weekend ''CNN This Morning Weekend'' is an American Breakfast television, morning show airing on weekends on CNN and CNN International from CNN's headquarters at Techwood Studios in Atlanta. The program originally launched on June 22, 2013, as ''New Day ...
''; produced by CNN/US * '' Connect the World'' * ''
Erin Burnett Outfront ''Erin Burnett OutFront'' is an hour-long television news program hosted by Erin Burnett on CNN. The show premiered on October 3, 2011 in the 7:00pm time slot to replace '' John King, USA''. Until the launch of '' CNN Tonight'' in 2014, ''Out ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''
Fareed Zakaria GPS ''Fareed Zakaria GPS'' is a weekly public affairs show hosted by journalist and author Fareed Zakaria on CNN and broadcast around the world by CNN International. The "GPS" in the show's title stands for "Global Public Square," a reference to t ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''
Inside Politics ''Inside Politics'' is a political talk show, broadcast on CNN. Originally hosted by Catherine Crier and Bernard Shaw, and then Shaw and Judy Woodruff, the show ran from 1992 to 2005 before being cancelled. The program was revived in 2014 wit ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''Isa Soares Tonight'' * ''
Laura Coates Live ''Laura Coates Live'' is an American news discussion show broadcast by CNN and CNN International. Premiering on October 16, 2023, the program is hosted by CNN's chief legal analyst Laura Coates. History Amid the lead-up to the 2022 midterm e ...
''; produced by CNN/US * '' Quest Means Business'' * '' Smerconish''; produced by CNN/US * ''
State of the Union The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a Joint session of the United States Congress, joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''The Amanpour Hour'' * ''
The Lead with Jake Tapper ''The Lead with Jake Tapper'' is an American News broadcasting, news broadcast hosted by news anchor Jake Tapper. The show has aired on CNN since March 18, 2013 in the network's pre- primetime timeslot. The show currently airs weekdays live fr ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''
The Source with Kaitlan Collins ''The Source with Kaitlan Collins'' is an American news discussion show broadcast by CNN. Premiering on July 10, 2023, the program is hosted by CNN's chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins from its Washington, D.C. bureau. History O ...
''; produced by CNN/US * '' World Sport''


Magazine programs

* ''African Voices'' * ''Living Golf'' – Presented by Shane O'Donoghue * ''Inside Africa'' * ''Marketplace Africa'' * ''Marketplace Asia'' * ''Marketplace Europe'' * ''Marketplace Middle East'' * ''Quest's World of Wonder'' * ''Tech for Good'' – Presented by
Kristie Lu Stout Kristie Lu Stout (, born December 7, 1974) is an American journalist and news anchor for CNN International. She currently hosts the program ''Marketplace Asia'' and other feature programs. She previously hosted the daily news show ''News Stream' ...


Former programming

* ''Alpine Edge with Christina Macfarlane'' * ''American Edition hosted by Jonathan Mann'' * ''The Art of Movement'' * ''BackStory'' * ''Best of Quest'' * ''The Brief with Bianca Nobilo'' * ''The Circuit with Amanda Davies'' * ''CNNGo'' * ''
CNN Business Traveller ''CNN Business Traveller'' is a monthly television program on CNN International hosted by Richard Quest. The program was launched in 2002 and the program investigates various topics related to business related travel, including airlines, airpo ...
'' – presented by
Richard Quest Richard Austin Quest (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business. He anchors ''Quest Means Business'', the five-times-wee ...
* ''CNN Style'' * ''
CNN Today ''CNN Today'' is a global news program on CNN International aimed as a morning show for Asia. The show aired weekdays from 5am to 5:30am and 6am to 8am HKT. The program was set to premiere on October 19, 2014, but because of a delay, the show ...
'' (2004–2009; 2014–2019) * ''
CNN Tonight ''CNN Tonight'' is the title of several news programs that were broadcast by U.S. cable network CNN. The ''CNN Tonight'' branding has primarily been used for transitional programs aired by CNN in the evening and prime time hours as part of chang ...
''; produced by CNN/US * ''CNN Talk'' * ''
Cuomo Prime Time ''Cuomo Prime Time'' is an American news analysis show that aired on CNN from June 4, 2018, to November 29, 2021. Hosted by Chris Cuomo, the series features analysis and debates on current news topics, as well as in-depth interviews with notable ...
'' (2017–2021); produced by CNN/US * ''The Daily Show Global Edition'' * '' Diplomatic License'' (1994–2006); debates feature for the United Nations * ''Early Start'' (2012–2024); produced by CNN/US * ''Eco Solutions'' * '' First Move with Julia Chatterley'' * ''Hala Gorani Tonight'' * '' In 24 Hours'' * ''iReport for CNN'' * ''Insight'' * ''
International Desk ''International Desk'' (also referred to as the ''I-Desk'') was a news program on CNN International. It delivered a round-up of the day's events. The show was a late night programme for Asia, an afternoon broadcast in Europe and a mid-morning new ...
'' (2009–2019) * ''Inventing Tomorrow: Tech in the Time of the Pandemic'' – Presented by
Kristie Lu Stout Kristie Lu Stout (, born December 7, 1974) is an American journalist and news anchor for CNN International. She currently hosts the program ''Marketplace Asia'' and other feature programs. She previously hosted the daily news show ''News Stream' ...
* ''
King Charles King Charles may refer to: Kings A number of kings of Albania, Alençon, Anjou, Austria, Bohemia, Croatia, England, France, Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, Ireland, Jerusalem, Naples, Navarre, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Scotland, Sicily, S ...
'' * ''CNN Money'' – Presented by Maggie Lake * ''Make Create Innovate'' – Presented by Nick Glass * ''
MainSail A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast (sailing), mast of a sailing vessel. * On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast. * On a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, it is the sail rigged aft of the main mast. T ...
'' (2004–2018); presented by
Shirley Robertson Shirley Ann Robertson, OBE DL (born 15 July 1968) is a British sailor and Olympic gold medallist. She is the first British woman to win Olympic gold medals at consecutive Olympic Games, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. Early life Robertson ...
* ''
NewsNight with Aaron Brown ''CNN NewsNight'' is a live news program which airs on the CNN and CNN International networks. It airs at 10:00 PM ET on weeknights and is currently hosted by Abby Phillip. During its first run, the show focused on investigative journalis ...
'' (2001–2005); talk show; produced by CNN/US * ''
News Stream ''News Stream'' was a global news program on CNN International aired as a weekday prime time show for Asian audiences. The program was filmed in Hong Kong and anchored by Kristie Lu Stout. From 9PM to 10PM Hong Kong time, HKT (UTC+8:00), it cove ...
'' (2010–2019); presented by Kristie Lu Stout * '' Late Edition'' (1993–2009); talk show; produced by CNN/US * ''
Larry King Live ''Larry King Live'' is an American television talk show broadcast by CNN from June 3, 1985 to December 16, 2010. Hosted by Larry King, it was the network's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly. Ma ...
'' (1985–2010); talk show; produced by CNN/US * ''On China'' – Presented by
Kristie Lu Stout Kristie Lu Stout (, born December 7, 1974) is an American journalist and news anchor for CNN International. She currently hosts the program ''Marketplace Asia'' and other feature programs. She previously hosted the daily news show ''News Stream' ...
* ''
Piers Morgan Live ''Piers Morgan Live'' (formerly known as ''Piers Morgan Tonight'') is an American television talk show, hosted by Piers Morgan and broadcast on CNN. The show premiered on January 17, 2011, and filled in the former ''Larry King Live'' timeslo ...
'' (2011–2014); talk show; produced by CNN/US * ''Political Mann'' * ''The Screening Room'' * '' State of America with Kate Bolduan'' * ''State of the Race'' * ''Winning Post'' – Presented by Aly Vance * ''World Business Today'' * ''World News'' (until 2009) * ''World Report'' * ''
Your World Today ''Your World Today'' is a former daily international news-magazine television series that aired on CNN International, a sister cable-news channel to CNN. The show served as a morning breakfast show for viewers in the Asia-Pacific region. Pr ...
''


High definition

CNN International HD is the high-definition simulcast feed of the channel broadcasting at 1920x
1080i In high-definition television (HDTV) and video display technology, 1080i is a video display format with 1080 lines of vertical resolution and Interlaced video, interlaced scanning method. This format was once a standard in HDTV. It was particular ...
, which was launched in September 2012. Before June 3, 2013, only programming from CNN/US was available natively in HD, while shows made for CNN International were produced in 4:3
576i 576i is a standard-definition television, standard-definition digital video mode, originally used for Digitization, digitizing 625 lines, 625 line Analog television, analogue television in most countries of the world where the utility frequen ...
. In February 2013, the European SD feed of CNN International began broadcasting in widescreen by downscaling the HD feed, which resulted in all 4:3-native programming being broadcast in
pillarbox The pillarbox effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars ( mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of the image. It becomes necessary when film or video that was not originally designed for widescreen is shown on a widescreen ...
until the June 3 switchover, and finalized on June 17 of the same year, when the switchover was completed. Following the March 2003 launch of
CNNj Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates ...
, a live relay of CNN/US and CNN International, with simultaneous audio translation into Japanese, starting in late 2010, the high definition feed of CNN/US was launched in Japan under the name CNN HD. CNN/US (both SD and HD) is also available on Greater China-based satellite service
DishHD DishHD is a direct-to-home satellite television service that offers high-definition programming across Asia. The corporate headquarters of DishHD is located in Taipei, Taiwan. The service was initially introduced by EchoStar International in 2 ...
, a subsidiary of
Dish Network DISH Network L.L.C., often referred to as DISH, an abbreviation for Digital Sky Highway, is an American provider of satellite television and IPTV services and wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation. The company was originally establ ...
in the United States. On June 28, 2016, CNN International HD was launched for Sky customers in the UK (including on Freesat from Sky), on channel 506 or 579, making the next news channel launch in the 600s. The HD version is available free-to-air within the British Isles, and is provided on satellite and IPTV services, and also live-streamed for U.K. users (and geo-blocked outside the U.K.), through CNN International's official U.K. video site. However, viewers with non-proprietary Freesat boxes will need to add the channel manually as Freesat does not market CNN International HD publicly as part of its offerings.


Online

CNN debuted its news website CNN.com (initially an experiment known as ''CNN Interactive'') on August 30, 1995. The site attracted growing interest over its first decade and is now one of the most popular news websites in the world. The widespread growth of
blogs A blog (a Clipping (morphology), truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries also known as posts. Posts are typically displayed in Reverse chronology, reverse chronologic ...
,
social media Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...
and
user-generated content User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), emerged from the rise of web services which allow a system's User (computing), users to create Content (media), content, such as images, videos, audio, text, testi ...
have influenced the site, and blogs in particular have focused CNN's previously scattershot online offerings, most noticeably in the development and launch of CNN Pipeline in late 2005. In April 2009, CNN.com ranked third place among online global news sites in unique users in the U.S. according to Nielsen/NetRatings; with an increase of 11% over the previous year. 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 (or "pipes"), on-demand access to CNN stories and reports, and optional pop-up "news alerts" to computer users. The installable client was available to users of PCs running
Microsoft Windows Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...
. There was also a browser-based "web client" that did not require installation. In July 2007, the service was discontinued and replaced with a free streaming service. The now-defunct topical news program ''
Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics ''Inside Politics'' is a political talk show, broadcast on CNN. Originally hosted by Catherine Crier and Bernard Shaw, and then Shaw and Judy Woodruff, the show ran from 1992 to 2005 before being cancelled. The program was revived in 2014 with ...
'' was the first CNN program to feature a round-up of blogs in 2005. Blog coverage was expanded when ''
Inside Politics ''Inside Politics'' is a political talk show, broadcast on CNN. Originally hosted by Catherine Crier and Bernard Shaw, and then Shaw and Judy Woodruff, the show ran from 1992 to 2005 before being cancelled. The program was revived in 2014 wit ...
'' was folded into '' The Situation Room''. In 2006, CNN launched CNN Exchange and
CNN iReport Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ...
, initiatives designed to further introduce and centralize the impact of everything from
blogging A blog (a Clipping (morphology), truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries also known as posts. Posts are typically displayed in Reverse chronology, reverse chronologic ...
to
citizen journalism Citizen journalism, also known as collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism, grassroots journalism, or street journalism, is based upon members of the community playing an active role in the pro ...
within the CNN brand. CNN iReport which features user-submitted photos and video, has achieved considerable traction, with increasingly professional-looking reports filed by amateur journalists, many still in high school or college. The iReport gained more prominence when observers of the
Virginia Tech shootings The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. ...
sent in first-hand photos of what was going on during the shootings. In early 2008, CNN began maintaining a live-streaming broadcast available to those who receive CNN at home. CNN International is broadcast live, as part of the
RealNetworks RealNetworks LLC is an American technology company and provider of Internet streaming media delivery software and services based in Seattle, Washington. The company also provides subscription-based online entertainment services and mobile enter ...
SuperPass subscription outside the U.S. CNN also offers several
RSS feeds RSS ( RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many ...
and
podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str ...
s. On April 18, 2008, CNN.com was targeted by Chinese hackers in retaliation for the channel's coverage of the
2008 Tibetan unrest The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also referred to as the 2008 Tibetan uprising in Tibetan media, was a series of protests and demonstrations over the Government of China, Chinese government's treatment and persecution of Tibetan people, Tibetans. Protes ...
. CNN reported that they took preventive measures after news broke of the impending attack. The company was honored at the 2008
Technology & Engineering Emmy Award The Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards, or Technology and Engineering Emmys, are one of two sets of Emmy Awards that are presented for outstanding achievement in engineering development in the television industry. The Technology and Engineer ...
s for development and implementation of an integrated and portable IP-based live, edit and store-and-forward digital newsgathering system. On October 24, 2009, CNN launched a new version of the CNN.com website, revamping it by adding a new "sign up" option where users may create their user name, a new "CNN Pulse" (beta) feature along a new red color theme. However, most of the news archived on the website has been deleted. CNN also has a channel on the popular video-sharing site
YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...
, but its videos can only be viewed in the United States, a source of criticism among YouTube users worldwide. In April 2010, CNN announced via
Twitter Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, image ...
its upcoming food
blog A blog (a Clipping (morphology), truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries also known as posts. Posts are typically displayed in Reverse chronology, reverse chronologic ...
called "Eatocracy", which will "cover all news related to food – from recalls to health issues to culture." CNN had an
internet relay chat IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for Many-to-many, group communication in discussion forums, called ''#Channels, channels'', but also allows one-on-one communication via instant mess ...
(IRC) network at chat.cnn.com. CNN placed a live chat with
Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has served as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime min ...
on the network in 1998. CNN also maintains a
wire service A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and All-news radio, radio and News broadcasting, television Broadcasting, broadcasters. A news agency ma ...
known as CNN Wire, a CNN Newsource division.


Bureaus

: '' Note: Boldface indicates that they are CNN's original bureaus, meaning they have been in operation since CNN's founding.''


United States

* Atlanta ( World Headquarters) *
Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), also known as ABQ, Burque, the Duke City, and in the past 'the Q', is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Bernal ...
* Boston * Chicago *
Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
*
Columbus Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, the capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio * Columbus, Georgia, a city i ...
* Dallas * Denver * Houston * Detroit * Indianapolis *
Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t ...
* Las Vegas * Los Angeles *
Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
*
Minneapolis Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...
*
Nashville Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
*
New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...
* New York City *
Orlando Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people wit ...
*
Omaha Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United S ...
*
Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Oklahoma, most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat ...
* Philadelphia *
Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
* Phoenix *
Raleigh Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) ...
-
Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England **County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham *Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States Durham may also refer to: Places ...
*
Richmond Virginia Richmond ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city (United States), independent city since 1871. ...
* San Francisco * Seattle * Salt Lake City *
St Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...
* Washington, D.C.


Worldwide

*
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...
, United Arab Emirates (
Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
regional headquarters) * Amman, Jordan * Baghdad, Iraq * Bangkok, Thailand * Beijing, China * Beirut, Lebanon * Belgrade, Serbia;
Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...
, Croatia ( N1 Ex-Yugoslav regional headquarters) * Berlin, Germany * Bucharest, Romania (
Antena 3 CNN Antena 3 Cable News Network, known as Antena 3 CNN, formerly Antena 3 (), is a Romanian news channel owned by Antena 3 S.A. and part of the Intact Media Group. An Exclusive News Partner of CNN International in Romania since September 27, 2022 , ...
) * Buenos Aires, Argentina * Cairo, Egypt * Dubai, United Arab Emirates *
Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
, Germany * Havana, Cuba * Hong Kong, China (
Asia Pacific Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
regional headquarters) * Islamabad, Pakistan * Istanbul, Turkey (
CNN Türk Cable News Network Türk (known as CNN Türk) is a Turkish free-to-air television news channel, launched on 11 October 1999 as the local affiliate of American channel CNN. It broadcasts exclusively for Turkey and it is owned by Demirören Grou ...
) * Jakarta, Indonesia (
CNN Indonesia CNN Indonesia is a 24-hour clock, 24-hour Indonesian free-to-air television news, television news channel owned by Trans Media in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery under a CNN license. Broadcasting from Trans Media studios in South Jak ...
) * Jerusalem * Johannesburg, South Africa ( African regional headquarters) *
Kabul Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province. The city is divided for administration into #Districts, 22 municipal districts. A ...
, Afghanistan * Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *
Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...
, Nigeria * Lisbon, Portugal (
CNN Portugal Cable News Network Portugal, also known as CNN Portugal and abbreviated as CNN PT, is a Portugal, Portuguese cable television, basic cable and satellite television news television channel, channel owned by Media Capital. It was launched on 26 Feb ...
) * London, United Kingdom (
European European, or Europeans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other West ...
regional headquarters) * Madrid, Spain * Manila, Philippines * Mexico City, Mexico (
Latin American Latin Americans (; ) are the citizenship, citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their Latin American diaspora, diasporas are Metroethnicity, ...
regional headquarters) * Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Moscow, Russia * Mumbai, India * Nairobi, Kenya * New Delhi, India (
South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...
, regional headquarters) * Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * Paris, France * Prague, Czech Republic (
CNN Prima News Cable News Network Prima News, known as CNN Prima News is a Czech news channel belonging to the FTV Prima group. It provides continuous Czech-language news on the basis of a partnership with CNN International Commercial (CNNIC). The channel s ...
) *
Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
, Portugal (
CNN Portugal Cable News Network Portugal, also known as CNN Portugal and abbreviated as CNN PT, is a Portugal, Portuguese cable television, basic cable and satellite television news television channel, channel owned by Media Capital. It was launched on 26 Feb ...
) * Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Rome, Italy *
Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...
, Chile (
CNN Chile Cable News Network Chile (known as CNN Chile and abbreviated as CNN CL) is a Chilean pay television news channel and news website launched on 4 December 2008. It was originally a joint venture between VTR Chile and WarnerMedia. The channel is bas ...
) *
São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
, Brazil (
CNN Brazil CNN Brasil is a Brazilian news-based pay television channel and news website. Launched on 15 March 2020, CNN Brasil is owned by Novus Media, a joint-venture between Douglas Tavolaro, former header of Record's news division, and Rubens Menin, o ...
) * Seoul, South Korea * Shanghai, China * Singapore * Sydney, Australia *
Taipei , nickname = The City of Azaleas , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Taiwan#Asia#Pacific Ocean#Earth , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country ...
, Taiwan *
Tirana Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...
, Albania (
A2 CNN General news channels Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Parliament news channels Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Crime news channels Americas Business news channels Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Sport ...
) * Tokyo, Japan (
CNNj Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates ...
) * Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Toronto In parts of the world without a CNN bureau, reports from a local affiliate station are used to file a story.


Present personalities


Past personalities

*
Jim Acosta Abilio James Acosta (born April 17, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist. From 2007 to 2025, he worked for CNN. He served as CNN's chief White House correspondent during the Obama and first Trump administrations, in which he gained natio ...
*
Natalie Allen Natalie Allen (born August 11, 1962) is an American broadcast journalist. She worked for CNN International as a weekend anchor at their global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, until October 4, 2020. Prior to this role at CNN, Allen was an anch ...
(now with
Scripps News Scripps News is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) streaming news channel, and a former American digital subchannel network headquartered in Atlanta, GA Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state ...
, formerly Newsy) *
Guillermo Arduino Guillermo Arduino (born December 2, 1964) is an Argentinian journalist who worked for CNN as anchor and correspondent. Arduino was the host of ''Encuentro'' on CNN en Español and ''Clix'', a tech show on ''CNN en Español'' from 1999 to 2021. Ea ...
(now with CNN en Español and CNN Latino) * Julio Aliaga (now with CCTV America) *
Terry Baddoo Terry Baddoo is a television executive and a former TV host. He is half- English and half-Ghanaian, and lives in the United States. Biography Baddoo was born in London, England, and earned a bachelor's degree in Education from London Universi ...
*
Errol Barnett Errol Barnett (born 3 April 1983) is a broadcaster on American television. He is an anchor and national correspondent for CBS News based in New York City. He anchors the ''CBS Morning News'' solo''.'' Previously he covered the Trump administra ...
(now with
CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morn ...
) * Ralph Begleiter * Satinder Bindra *
Anthony Bourdain Anthony Michael Bourdain ( ; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author and Travel documentary, travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the huma ...
(died in 2018) * Aaron Brown * Andrew Brown * Samuel Burke – anchor of ''iReport'', technology correspondent * Julia Chatterley – Anchor of First Move with Julia Chatterley *
Joie Chen Joie Chen (born 28 August 1961) is a Chinese American television journalist as well as an Asian American broadcast journalist. She was the anchor of Al Jazeera America's flagship evening news show '' America Tonight'', which was launched in Au ...
(joined
Al Jazeera America Al Jazeera America was an American pay television news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel was launched on August 20, 2013, to compete with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News, and in certain markets RT America. It was Al Jazee ...
) * Patricia Chew *
Jim Clancy Jim Clancy may refer to: * Jim Clancy (baseball) (born 1955), former Major League Baseball pitcher * Jim Clancy (journalist), former journalist for CNN * Jim Clancy (Ghost Whisperer), a character from the U.S. television show ''Ghost Whisperer'' ...
* Stephen Cole (joined
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; , ) is a 24-hour English-language News broadcasting, news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is funded by the government of Qatar. Al Jazeera introduced an English-language division in 2006. It is ...
) *
Anna Coren Anna Coren (born 28 October 1975) is an Australian journalist. Coren is currently a foreign correspondent for CBS News based in Hong Kong. She has previously been a news anchor and international correspondent with CNN. Career Coren graduate ...
(now with CBS News) *
Chris Cuomo Christopher Charles Cuomo ( ; born August 9, 1970) is an American television journalist anchor at NewsNation, based in New York City. He has previously been the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent and the co-anchor for ABC's '' 20/20 ...
(dismissed in 2021) *
Robyn Curnow Robyn Curnow is a South African journalist, broadcaster, and author. She was an anchor and foreign correspondent for CNN International and CNN USA. She hosted CNN’s ''Newsroom with Robyn Curnow'' from 2020 to 2022 from the CNN Center in Atl ...
*
Arwa Damon Arwa Damon (born September 19, 1977) is a Syrian - American journalist who was most recently a senior international correspondent for CNN, based in Istanbul. From 2003, she covered the Middle East as a freelance journalist, before joining CNN i ...
* Jason Dasey * John Defterios – anchor of ''Marketplace Middle East'' * Eboni Deon (now with
WISH-TV WISH-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is locally owned by Circle City Broadcasting alongside Marion-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23) and low-power, ...
) *
Daljit Dhaliwal Daljit Dhaliwal (born 8 September 1962) is a British newsreader and television presenter. Dhaliwal is a former news presenter for the Al-Jazeera English news service that was broadcast from Washington, D.C. Previously, she was the anchor cha ...
* Jill Dougherty (now a CNN analyst) * Anna Edwards *
Adrian Finighan Adrian Richard Finighan (born 20 December 1964) is a Welsh journalist, working as a presenter and reporter for the television channel Al Jazeera English (AJE). He is now based at AJE's World headquarters in Doha but has also presented programm ...
(left
CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...
in 2009 to set up own company; joined Al Jazeera English) *
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– Atlanta correspondent * Kate Giles (now with
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Criticism


Accusations of U.S.-centric viewpoint

Former CNN Beijing and Tokyo bureau chief
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described how the news-gathering priorities of CNN International were skewed to "produce stories and reports that would be of interest to CNN USA." Nevertheless,
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, a former correspondent who was with the
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and later served as a Middle East-based correspondent for
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, noted that when she spoke on international affairs, CNN International would usually give her more airtime than CNN/US. For its part, former CNN executive
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has defended CNN International's "international" perspective, saying "No matter what CNN International does, as long as CNN's headquarters is in the United States people are going to say, well, it's an American service. But the reality is that it's an international service based in the United States, and we don't make any apologies about that."


Accusations of pro-American bias

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perspective. This is a marked contrast to domestic criticisms that often portray CNN as having a "liberal" or "anti-American" bias.


Accusations of anti-China bias

A Chinese website, anti-cnn.com, had accused CNN and western media in general of biased reporting against China, with the catchphrase "Don't be so CNN" entering the Chinese
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as meaning one should not be biased and use exaggerated language in describing an event. Pictures used by CNN were allegedly edited to have completely different meanings from the original ones. In addition, the channel was accused of largely ignoring pro-China voices during the Olympic Torch Relay debacle in San Francisco.


Accusations of propaganda and censorship

In October 2011, Amber Lyon gave her claims to the Syrian government news agency SANA that she had been directed by CNN to report selectively, repetitively, and falsely to sway public opinion in favor of direct American aggression against Iran and Syria, and that this was common practice under CNN. She subsequently repeated this claim, addressing the degraded state of
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in an interview during which she also discussed the Bahraini episode, suggesting paid-for content was also taken from
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, Kazakhstan, and other states, that the War on Terrorism had also been employed as a pretext to pre-empt substantive
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within the U.S., and that following the Bahrain reporting, her investigative department had been terminated and "reorganized", and her severance and
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used as a threat to intimidate and attempt to purchase her subsequent silence. Lyon claimed to have met with
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, president of CNN International, twice about this issue in 2011 and had claimed that during the second meeting, she was threatened and intimated to stop speaking on the matter. CNN issued a detailed response to Lyon's claims about its coverage of Bahrain. Lyon also claimed on the Russian news channel RT that CNN reporters, headed by Maddox, have been instructed to over-cover Iran as a form of propaganda, and that CNN International has been paid by the Bahraini government to produce and air news segments intentionally painting them in a positive light. CNN became the official broadcaster of one of the biggest events of the UAE in 2021 when Dubai was hosting the
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. The official announcement was made in July 2021. However, months later, human rights organizations began to raise concerns around CNN's participation in the event, pointing out that the CNN was lending its legitimacy to the Emirates' propaganda efforts. Analyzing CNN's coverage of the UAE over 10 months, critics accused the news media of running a PR for the UAE. The rights groups also notified of the UAE's poor human rights and women's rights records They further urged CNN to be transparent about its dealings with the Arab nation.


Other dismissals

On July 7, 2010,
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, senior Middle East editor and a CNN journalist for 20 years, was fired after she expressed admiration on her
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account for a militant Muslim cleric and former Hezbollah leader who had recently died.


See also

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International broadcasting International broadcasting consists of radio and television transmissions that purposefully cross international boundaries, often with then intent of allowing expatriates to remain in touch with their countries of origin as well as educate, inform ...
* List of news channels


References


External links

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