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RE: CNN - inletwindow - 26-05-2023

(26-05-2023, 12:11 PM)EastCoast Wrote:  

(26-05-2023, 11:14 AM)inletwindow Wrote:  For her, yeah.  The move is happening in phases.  First phase already underway.  It would be chaos to try to have everyone move all at once.  Some teams or portions of teams are already working in the newsrooms there.  

Newsrooms are largely finished but other things are not — like the new studio.  

Anchors could be LAST to move there.

I’m honestly struggling to understand how Techwood has enough space to absorb CNN. CNN Center looks about as big as the offices at Techwood and there hasn’t been anything new constructed on the campus recently. Where exactly are they finding the space for the newsroom and studio and all the support functions?

Techwood is pretty massive and perhaps bigger than you realize. It's a campus. There are about 6 or so buildings in the main area, and a building or two across the highway as well.

Most of the new CNN stuff is going into a single one of those buildings that they've completely redone the insides of. Not sure what used to be in that building.

There's been a ton of restructuring in recent years with the merger and all -- so perhaps they laid off enough people to clear out an entire building? And some jobs may have been moved to NY (talking about WBD as a whole, not necessarily just CNN).

Also, some departments that were at CNN Center aren't expected to have much of a presence at Techwood, like CNN en Espanol (they will largely be in Mexico City and Miami, etc).

And CNN Center isn't as big as it looks from the outside - remember, a big chunk of the building is the Omni hotel.

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RE: CNN - Newsroom - 26-05-2023

Great piece here on the move to Techwood, published just two days ago.

https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2023/05/24/cnn-depart-downtown-atlanta-hometown 

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RE: CNN - inletwindow - 26-05-2023

(26-05-2023, 01:18 PM)Newsroom Wrote:  Great piece here on the move to Techwood, published just two days ago.

https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2023/05/24/cnn-depart-downtown-atlanta-hometown 

Hmmm this article suggests CNN went from 6,000 Atlanta employees when Zucker started to mere "hundreds" now. That's just pure speculation. I don't think it's been anywhere near as drastic as that.

But still, this move feels like the final nail in the coffin of Atlanta being the "world headquarters." Will Techwood get that designation? Seems unlikely. But CNN Center had remained CNN HQ, at least technically.

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RE: CNN - EastCoast - 26-05-2023

(26-05-2023, 12:49 PM)inletwindow Wrote:  Also, some departments that were at CNN Center aren't expected to have much of a presence at Techwood, like CNN en Espanol (they will largely be in Mexico City and Miami, etc).

Thanks for the context, you bring up a lot of good points. Didn't realize CNNee was losing it's presence with the move. I know Miami office space is a hot market, but they really do need to build a proper studio if that's going to be the new CNNee HQ.

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RE: CNN - Medianext.MX - 26-05-2023

(26-05-2023, 05:39 PM)EastCoast Wrote:  

(26-05-2023, 12:49 PM)inletwindow Wrote:  Also, some departments that were at CNN Center aren't expected to have much of a presence at Techwood, like CNN en Espanol (they will largely be in Mexico City and Miami, etc). 

Thanks for the context, you bring up a lot of good points. Didn't realize CNNee was losing it's presence with the move. I know Miami office space is a hot market, but they really do need to build a proper studio if that's going to be the new CNNee HQ.

They do have a proper studio, but not as nice looking as other CNNI studios:



Actually, CNNee's new HQ will be located in the Mexico City bureau, according to Latin American media outlets and industry publication Variety. These are reporting CNN is wanting to build up its presence in Mexico and Argentina, where WBD has already a big presence (the legacy Turner entertainment networks are still based in the Buenos Aires district of San Telmo, where some WBD delegations formerly based in São Paulo are moving; whilst Warner Bros. regional offices are based in Mexico, where WBD is ramping up hiring for its business teams and HBO Max). Some jobs are also moving to the LA bureau. Chris Licht is trying to reduce the emphasis on the linear channel (including axing some shows and maybe closing down the US feed) and increasingly working to ramp up the digital verticals, leading to more personnel cuts.

Programming will still be airing from Miami and Buenos Aires (where since 2018 CNNee has built up a big presence there, at a degree they also own a radio station there), but news gathering and production will be based out of Mexico City, which is in the process of getting new studios (as in Abu Dhabi), and U.S.-based executives would likely still be based or move to Hudson Yards.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cnn-en-espanol-spanish-language-operations-us-job-cuts-1235625292/ 
https://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/cnn-recortara-sus-operaciones-en-espanol-de-manera-drastica/202304/ 
https://www.larepublica.co/globoeconomia/cnn-trasladara-sus-operaciones-a-mexico-y-cambia-objetivos-para-publicos-hispanos-3622786 

For context, CÑÑ's schedule is now majority produced between these three cities (where they do tend to use flash cam sets) and the DC bureau (where they use the former Inside Politics studio overlooking the Capitol). The only show currently produced out of CNN Center is Mirador Mundial, their weekend news program. Additionally, in recent years, CÑÑ (like CNNI) has been an afterthought for CNN executives, especially under the Zucker era. They do still have a strong lineup of news shows, but its digital output and long-form content has failed to attract a younger audience, and its schedule is often full of dubbed CNN Original Series and repeats (especially on weekends).

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RE: CNN - sky303 - 26-05-2023

(26-05-2023, 01:49 PM)inletwindow Wrote:  

(26-05-2023, 01:18 PM)Newsroom Wrote:  Great piece here on the move to Techwood, published just two days ago.

https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2023/05/24/cnn-depart-downtown-atlanta-hometown 

Hmmm this article suggests CNN went from 6,000 Atlanta employees when Zucker started to mere "hundreds" now.  That's just pure speculation.  I don't think it's been anywhere near as drastic as that.

But still, this move feels like the final nail in the coffin of Atlanta being the "world headquarters."  Will Techwood get that designation?  Seems unlikely.  But CNN Center had remained CNN HQ, at least technically.

Zucker slashing Atlanta... makes sense to me. To think about it, remember there used to be a robust HLN staff, when Zucker Started HLN was still doing live programming until 9pm ET...  though some shows weren't out of Atlanta they still had stuff in Atlanta, and some weekend hours before they decided to start wrapping up at 12 ET.  CNN I used to have more including weekend programming etc.... Moving Newsroom programming to NYC, probably did mean they cut back on studio staff from Atlanta, even if they still did control and producing from there, you don't need the other parts of production. Also the last been of "In Session" on Tru TV was produced by HLN was slashed in 2013. (The first Zucker year)  Last year's layoffs weren't pretty either, including the cleansing of the rest of HLN.  Some jobs were probably given to DC and NYC spaces, London for International. Some jobs were probably just not replaced anywhere. Accounting for the AT&T purchase, they were slashing left and right so CNN probably was part of that.   It also fits the general slashing of news employees across the board at many networks and groups and hedge fund owned newspapers.

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RE: CNN - mouseboy33 - 26-05-2023

Some more information about CNNe shifting away from Miami and Atlanta to the Mexico City bureau has its production hub. Also a short blip about the pared down CNN International
https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cnn-en-espanol-to-shift-production-operations-to-mexico-city/531390/ 

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RE: CNN - matthieu1221 - 28-05-2023

CNN is running with extra hours of Connect the World with Becky Anderson from Abu Dhabi with coverage of the second round of the Turkish presidential elections.

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RE: CNN - Newsroom - 28-05-2023

(28-05-2023, 06:18 PM)matthieu1221 Wrote:  CNN is running with extra hours of Connect the World with Becky Anderson from Abu Dhabi with coverage of the second round of the Turkish presidential elections.

On domestic too?

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RE: CNN - oscillon - 28-05-2023

(28-05-2023, 06:18 PM)matthieu1221 Wrote:  CNN is running with extra hours of Connect the World with Becky Anderson from Abu Dhabi with coverage of the second round of the Turkish presidential elections.

Yes, now Richard Quest is the anchor who is on scene in Turkey, two weeks ago it was Becky herself and no studio was used.,

On a separate note, Friday saw for the first time an anchorless intro for CNN This Morning.


Also a rarely seen substitution was in AC360 the same day, with John King taking Anderson's seat.

(28-05-2023, 06:38 PM)Newsroom Wrote:  On domestic too?

No, just CNN International, like two weeks ago. Domestic goes with the replay of Fareed right now.

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