During his first papal visit to the U.S., Pope Benedict XVI reached out to victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, unprecedented for the Vatican. He became the first pope to directly and personally apologize to victims for their trauma. He was the first to acknowledge publicly that the Church had systemically erred in the way that it had transferred offending priests to new parishes, putting more children at risk, instead of reporting offenders to law enforcement. A new era of accountability seemed to have dawned.
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For fifteen years, a Filipino mother has been working her culinary magic at the White House and became the first female Executive Chef in 2005 under former First Lady Laura Bush. Her creations are savoured by America's First Families, as well as the likes of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other heads of state. On this week's Talk Asia, Cristeta Comerford takes host Hala Gorani inside Washington DC's most famous address and shows her how a White House dinner is prepared.
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CNN Ad Sales and Marketing, together with Starcom USA, announced today an agreement that guarantees out-of-home (OOH) lift for Starcom clients with schedules running across CNN and HLN. The agreement, a first of its kind between the two media companies, finalizes upfront negotiations and also provides Starcom measurable results of specific campaigns and deeper insight into consumer behavior and media consumption. The deal was announced today by Greg D’Alba, executive vice president and chief operating officer, CNN Ad Sales and Marketing, along with Starcom President/Chief Operating Officer Chris Boothe, and underscores an increased recognition in the value of out-of-home audiences.
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Andrea Ching has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing and promotions for Turner/SI Digital, where she previously served as vice president. The announcement was made today by Walker Jacobs, executive vice president of Turner/SI Digital, to whom she reports. Ching is based in New York.
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In July, CNN Digital held its No. 1 position among ALL Global News and Current Events sites in several key metrics, beating sites such as MSNBC Digital, Yahoo! News and Fox News Digital. Additionally, CNN Digital was No. 1 in video among ALL News and Information Properties and No. 1 in mobile among ALL News and Current Events. (See below for detailed data and charts)
In particular, the site’s
in-depth reporting of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf contributed to CNN Digital’s overall traffic success in July. During the month, oil spill-related content on
CNN.com accounted for
6.9 million video streams and 15 million page views. Additionally, the site’s users actively participated in covering the disaster through CNN iReport, the network’s user-generated news community. In July, iReporters contributed 736
submissions, and more than 55 were vetted for use on CNN. Since the oil spill began in April, CNN.com’s related coverage has generated a total of 95.8 million page views, 32 million video streams and 5,098 iReport submissions with 345 vetted for use on CNN. (Source: Omniture SiteCatalyst; iReport server log data)
For 21 years, CNN Student News has provided a cost-free and commercial-free news program for middle, high school and college students around the world, along with free teacher materials. On Monday, August 16th, CNN Student News returns for the new school year, continuing a long tradition of quality news programming for the classroom.
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CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr and producer Brian Vitagliano travelled to the front lines of Afghanistan to document “The Journey Home” of wounded U.S. troops, an account no journalist has ever been able to tell before. Air Mobility Command granted CNN exclusive access to military transport aircraft turned into flying hospitals. The series followed the medical personnel as they evacuated critically wounded troops from Afghanistan to a military hospital in Germany, and then on another military flight from Germany back to Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, DC.
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Liza McGuirk has been named Executive Producer of CNN’s new 8 pm program with co-hosts Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker set to launch this fall. The announcement was made by senior vice president of programming Bart Feder and is effective immediately.
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CNN US TV took a live shot via skype on Sunday from San Diego and the iReport hub.
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Following the launch of CNN’s acclaimed app for the iPhone and iPod touch in the United States last year, CNN today announced the availability of the international version of the CNN App on the App Store. Available free of charge to users outside of the U.S., the international version of the CNN App is purpose-built and designed to provide a visually-driven news experience for iPhone and iPod touch users who demand accessibility and convenience.
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