Amanpour to Anchor a Nightly Show on CNN International

[babylonsister]

Amanpour to Anchor a Nightly Show on CNN International

By ELIZABETH JENSEN
Published: November 23, 2008


In her 25 years at CNN, Christiane Amanpour has hopscotched the world, the very model of a foreign correspondent, turning up at seemingly every war, genocide, famine and natural disaster, slipping through previously closed borders and interviewing even the most recalcitrant of foreign leaders.

But there is one thing she has never done: anchored her own daily news show.

That will change next year, when she starts a nightly program on CNN International, which is retooling its lineup. An edited version of Ms. Amanpour’s show is expected to be shown on the weekends on CNN’s United States channel.

No start date for either version has been set, and the new program does not yet have a title, producer or much of a format, at least not one that executives are ready to talk about. But in in her office in the Time Warner building, with its sweeping view over Columbus Circle and Central Park in Manhattan, Ms. Amanpour said she would continue to travel with the program, “because I’m a field person at heart, in my bones and in my DNA.”

“I think that’s massively important,” she said, “because you can’t just sit back and opine about the news; you have to actually go out there and cover it and report it.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/business/media/24cnn.html

[Cleita]

1. Yeah, but who gets CNNI anymore.

I used to get it, but it was discontinued.

[babylonsister]

3. Not I, but as highlighted in the OP, we'll get it on weekends. nt

[leftchick]

5. I still get it

that and BBC America news are my staples.

[SeeHopeWin]

6. Who are you with?

[leftchick]

7. TW Cable

our only choice here in the south.

[babylonsister]

2. Oops. nt

[ananda]

4. Daily on regular CNN would be great!

Amanpour has such class.