CNN

The Cable News Network (CNN) is an American multinational news media company and the flagship namesake property of CNN Worldwide, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). 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.

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CNN is an American news media company founded in 1980 that pioneered 24-hour television news coverage in the United States. It remains a major news organization today and is part of Warner Bros. Discovery, operating from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Television channel.name: CNN
Television channel.logo: 175px|frameless
Television channel.logo_size: 175px
Television channel.parent: CNN Worldwide
Television channel.picture_format: 1080i (HDTV)(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Television channel.country: United States
Television channel.language: English
Television channel.online_serv_1: Online stream
Television channel.online_chan_1: CNN Live (pay-TV subscribers only)
Television channel.online_serv_2: Affiliated Streaming Service
Television channel.online_chan_2: HBO Max
Television channel.online_serv_3: Service(s)
Television channel.online_chan_3: DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV

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Official website: cnn.com
Motto: This is CNN

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Commons category: CNN
inception: 1980-06-01
social media followers: 17700000
official shop URL: cnn.mybrightsites.com
shortened URL formatter: cnn.it/$1

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History
Programming
Current schedule
Past programming
On-air presentation
Staff
Other platforms
Website
Blogs
Other digital offerings
CNN 10
Beme
Films
Radio
Other channels
Former channels
Bureaus
Worldwide
Controversies and criticisms
Awards and honors
See also
References
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, CNN had 68,974,000 television households as subscribers in the United States. According to Nielsen, down from 80 million in March 2021. In June 2021, CNN ranked third in viewership among cable news networks, behind Fox News and MS NOW, averaging 580,000 viewers throughout the day, down 49% from a year earlier, amid sharp declines in viewers across all cable news networks. While CNN ranked 14th among all basic cable networks in 2019, then jumped to 7th during a major surge for the three largest cable news networks (completing a rankings streak of Fox News at number 5 and MS NOW at number 6 for that year), it settled back to number 11 in 2021 and had further declined to number 21 in 2022.