CNN NewsStand was a project to create CNN programming associated with publications owned by Time Warner, shortly after CNN owner Turner Broadcasting System had been bought by Time Warner. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Turner Broadcasting System Inc (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS Inc The second "S" in "NewsStand" was not capitalized consistently even within Time Warner. In its original concept, NewsStand would feature an in-depth program each weeknight, assuming a report was available, branded as combining CNN with a Time Warner magazine. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City.
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CNN & Time
The first and best-known NewsStand combination was titled CNN & Time, or sometimes NewsStand: CNN & Time. It was heavily promoted in advance as a joint project between CNN and Time magazine and the first major example of "synergy" in the Time-Warner merger. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Synergy (from the Greek el-Latn syn-ergo, el συνεργός meaning working together is the term used to describe a situation where the final outcome Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City.
The NewsStand series' debut episode, broadcast on 1997-06-07, was a CNN & Time presentation, "Valley of Death", a highly controversial report that accused the United States military of using sarin gas in Operation Tailwind during the Vietnam War. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Operation Tailwind was a Covert incursion into southeastern Laos by a company -sized element of U Sarin, also known by its NATO designation of GB, is an extremely toxic substance whose sole application is as a Nerve agent. Operation Tailwind was a Covert incursion into southeastern Laos by a company -sized element of U The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia After almost a month of further investigations, CNN declared that it has insufficient evidence to run the story, and both CNN and Time were forced to retract the story in full on 1997-07-02. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival CNN's retraction further stated that "CNN alone bears responsibility for both the television reports and for the printed article in the June 15 issue of Time magazine. "[1]
The series continued for a few years under various names, such as CNN Impact, trying to shake its reputation from the first episode.
Other NewsStands
CNN briefly ran other types of NewsStand programs, including CNN & Fortune and CNN & Entertainment Weekly. Fortune is a Global Business Magazine published by Time Inc's Fortune|Money Group Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc Another example of CNN-Time Warner synergy was People in the News, a TV show billed as being with People magazine. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. People in the News was a show based in CNN 's New York, USA bureau hosted by Paula Zahn. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published
See also
- Operation Tailwind#Controversy — larger section about "Valley of Death" and its consequences
- People in the News
References
- ^ "CNN retracts Tailwind coverage". Operation Tailwind was a Covert incursion into southeastern Laos by a company -sized element of U People in the News was a show based in CNN 's New York, USA bureau hosted by Paula Zahn. CNN (July 2, 1998). Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2007-12-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city
External links
- "CNN retracts Tailwind coverage" — report and text of the retraction of "Valley of Death"
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