CNN Names New Anchor

CNN’s mid-morning program “CNN Newsroom” is getting a new anchor. CNN has named chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto as co-anchor.

According to The Hill:

CNN has named chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto as co-anchor of its mid-morning news program, “CNN Newsroom,” the network said on Tuesday.

Sciutto, who served in the Obama-era State Department from 2011-2013 and earlier was ABC’s senior foreign correspondent, will begin his new role on Sept. 17.

“Sciutto will bring his extensive experience covering the intelligence community, foreign policy, and the Department of Defense, including more than a decade as a foreign correspondent based overseas, to the New York-based program alongside [co-anchor Poppy] Harlow,” CNN said. “Sciutto will remain as the network’s chief national security correspondent and will continue to serve as a fill-in anchor for several of the network’s news programs.”

The opening comes after “New Day” co-anchor Chris Cuomo moved to primetime in June, which led to former “CNN Newsroom” co-anchor John Berman moving into Cuomo’s earlier morning spot alongside co-anchor Alisyn Camerota.

It will be interesting to see if this move helps as CNN scrambles to stop plummeting ratings.

AUadmin