Now that the morning show guru turned network executive has CNN's fresh-faced morning show ready for launch, Zucker can turn his attention to reviving his primetime lineup. The big question for the months ahead: Will he take CNN in reverse to pass ahead? And what does Crossfire have to do with any of this?
Insiders has long said Erin Burnett was on the inside track to become Jeff Zucker's new morning show host once it became clear that Soledad O'Brien was out and Chris Cuomo would fill one side of the couch, but on Thursday the pick came in, and the new face of your cable mornings is... Kate Boulduan.
Now that we know NBC is showing Jay Leno the door, the question becomes what the reigning king of late-night television will do when he is no longer on late-night television. Well, according to The Hollywood Reporter's Matthew Belloni, he could have to start waking up a lot earlier.
Forget Roland Martin. How about Wolf Blitzer? Hell, maybe Jeff Zucker should fire literally everyone and start from the ground up, firmly reinventing the network as the go-to place for Poop Cruise coverage and other newstainment. Why not?
As news arrives today that some of its most familiar (and familiarly loud) faces are on the way out and some new (and potentially household-name) anchors may be on the way in, the future of CNN is starting to take shape under its powerful new boss. Here's what that might look like — no Sarah Palin allowed.
NBC is mistreating Ann Curry again, according to a new Page Six report. But buried at the bottom is a shining ray of hope also known as former NBC chief Jeff Zucker.
After reports surfaced earlier this week, CNN finally announced Jeff Zucker as its new president on Thursday, which means everyone can officially start telling him how to fix things. We have three words (the O' counts): Soledad O'Brien.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
After four months of searching and endless speculation, it looks like Jeff Zucker will be the man to take the reins at CNN, the cable news network that nobody really takes seriously any more.
Former NBC Universal chairman sort of takes blame for 'Tonight Show' kerkuffle
Revelations in a new interview: he doesn't talk to Rachel Maddow, bad-mouthed Jeff Zucker
The CBS anchor is mulling a new TV show with her old 'Today' boss Jeff Zucker
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