Turner appoints Jeff Zucker as CNN Worldwide prez

Turner Broadcasting System has appointed Jeff Zucker as the president of its multi-platform global news enterprise CNN Worldwide. Zucker will report to Turner Broadcasting System chairman and CEO Phil Kent and will be based at CNN in New York. 

In January 2013, Zucker will assume executive oversight of a portfolio of 23 branded news and information businesses that includes CNN/US, CNN International, CNN.com and HLN and reaches to over two billion people in some 200 countries around the world. 

Zucker takes charge at a time when CNN is facing challenges in the American market, trailing behind Fox and MSNBC. CNN has followed a neutral policy while Fox and MSNBC have a confrontational approach through their talk shows. 

He started his 25-year career with NBC as a researcher for NBC Sports' coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games and rose to president and chief executive officer of NBC Universal.

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