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CNN

American news channel

Companycable news in the United States specialty channel news websiteQ48340

Founded: June 1, 1980
Founded by: Ted Turner
, Reese Schonfeld
Headquarters: CNN Center
, New York City
Country: United States
Industry: journalism
Parent: Warner Bros. Discovery(since 2022)
, WarnerMedia(until 2022)
Website: cnn.com

Overview

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Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN) is an American multinational news media company and the flagship namesake property of CNN Worldwide, a division of Skydance Corporation. Founded on June 1, 1980, by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN is the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

Overview

Subsidiaries

2 linked to CNN in Wikidata

Published

11 linked to CNN in Wikidata

Produced

6 linked to CNN in Wikidata

All data

154 statements · 16% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Awards: Peabody Awards
Golden Nymph for Best 24-Hour News Program(2014)
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Sources
1.tvfestival.com/pdfz/2014_palmares_uk.pdf
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Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech
George Polk Award
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Sources
1.cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2021/02/24/cnn-wins-george-polk-award-for-reporting-from-wuhan-at-onset-of-covid-19-pandemic/
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Four Freedoms Award
News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities(1997)
Language used: English
Operator: Turner Broadcasting System
Motto text: Go There
More People Get Their News from CNN From Any Other Source
This is CNN
The World's Most Trusted Name in News
The Most Trusted Name in News
The Worldwide Leader in News
Facts First
Reporting From Around the World
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The World's News Network
The World's News Leader
Child organization or unit: CNN Films
Owner of: CNN.com
Operating area: Canada
Owned by: Warner Bros. Discovery
Main Wikidata property: CNN contributor ID
Social media followers: 17.7M(March 10, 2025) youtube channel id: UCupvZG-5ko_eiXAupbDfxWw
1
Sources
1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-03-10
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16M(February 24, 2024) youtube channel id: UCupvZG-5ko_eiXAupbDfxWw
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Sources
1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-02-24
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14.8M(February 17, 2023) youtube channel id: UCupvZG-5ko_eiXAupbDfxWw
13M(January 5, 2022) youtube channel id: UCupvZG-5ko_eiXAupbDfxWw
Shortened URL formatter: https://cnn.it/$1
Place of publication: New York City
Has list: list of programs broadcast by CNN
list of CNN anchors
Product or material produced: news
Intended public: United States

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