It’s official: Mark Thompson, the former chief executive of The New York Times and director-general of the BBC, will be the next leader of CNN, taking the reins of the renowned global news ...

Mark Thompson, on his 100th day as CNN’s new leader, sent his 4,000-person strong workforce a 2,300-word memo that said both a lot and very little at the same time.

Mark Thompson, the former head of the British Broadcasting Company and the New York Times, will take over as head of CNN Worldwide beginning Oct. 9. Reuters.

Mark Thompson, a former chief executive of The New York Times and leader of the BBC, is expected to be named the next top executive of CNN, according to three people with knowledge of the decision.

Mark Thompson was appointed as chair and CEO of CNN by David Zaslav, head of the network’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, which made the announcement Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

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Mark Thompson, 66, a former CEO of The New York Times Company, is reportedly a leading candidate to take over CNN. WireImage. A CNN insider said Thompson’s track record of transforming the New ...

Mark Thompson poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview in Hong Kong, on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. By Sanjit Das/Bloomberg/Getty Images.