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''CNN NewsStand'' is a project to create
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programming associated with publications owned by
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, shortly after CNN owner
Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it merged with Time Warner (later WarnerMedia) on October 10, 1996. As of April 2022, all of its asse ...
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 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 ...
and ''Time'' magazine and the first major example of "
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" in the Time-Warner merger. The ''NewsStand'' series' debut episode, broadcast on 1998-06-07, was a ''CNN & Time'' presentation, "Valley of Death", a highly controversial report that accused the United States military of using
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. After almost a month of further investigations, CNN declared that it has insufficient evidence to run the story, and both CNN and ''Time'' were forced to retract the story in full on 1998-07-02. CNN's retraction further stated that "CNN alone bears responsibility for both the television reports and for the printed article in the June 15 issue of Time magazine." The series continued for a few years under various names, such as ''CNN Impact'', trying to shake its reputation from the first episode.


Other NewsStands

CNN briefly ran other types of NewsStand programs, including ''CNN &
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'' and ''CNN &
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''. Another example of
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Time Warner Warner Media, LLC ( doing business as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned by AT&T. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City. It was established as Time Warne ...
synergy was ''
People in the News This is a list of news programs broadcast by CNN. CNN is a United States cable news, 24-hour cable news network founded by media mogul Ted Turner. The network debuted on June 1, 1980. Current programming Weekday programming Saturday prog ...
'', a TV show billed as being with ''People'' magazine.


See also

* — larger section about "Valley of Death" and its consequences *
People in the News This is a list of news programs broadcast by CNN. CNN is a United States cable news, 24-hour cable news network founded by media mogul Ted Turner. The network debuted on June 1, 1980. Current programming Weekday programming Saturday prog ...


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"CNN retracts Tailwind coverage"
— report and text of the retraction of "Valley of Death" {{DEFAULTSORT:Cnn Newsstand 1997 American television series debuts CNN original programming Time (magazine)