It used to be CNN and other television outlets were founded on this idea of a news wheel. You give us 22 minutes, and we’ll give you the world. But that’s not the way people consume news and information any more. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
I think Vice is vastly overrated. And I think that if you are interested in reaching young males, which is what I think Vice’s calling card has been, CNN’s digital properties reach far more young men on a weekly basis than Vice does. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
Climate change is one of those stories that deserves more attention, that we all talk about, but we haven’t figured out how to engage the audience in that story in a meaningful way. When we do do those stories, there does tend to be a tremendous amount of lack of interest on the audience’s part. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
I have had a unique relationship with Donald Trump. I’m also the one who put him and ‘The Apprentice’ on the air at NBC. I’ve known who he is and what he is for a long time. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
In the cable news arena, you have two partisan networks looking out for their viewers. I think CNN needs to look out for the rest of us. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
Anderson Cooper’s on-air reaction to Bob Simon’s death; Wolf Blitzer personalizing his experience in going back to Auschwitz where his grandparents lost their lives – I think that has all made our air more authentic. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
When the Paris terror attacks happen, when war breaks out in Ukraine, when unrest happens in Ferguson, people know that CNN is the place to come. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
When an authoritarian regime starts taking down feeds and blocking websites just because we expose the truth… that’s an attack on freedom of the press everywhere. When authoritarian regimes around the world start attacking journalists like that, we all have a problem. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
You don’t need to be partisan. CNN does need to stick to a nonpartisan point of view. That doesn’t mean there can’t be more passion and excitement. Jeff Zucker Read Quote
