Time to Add New Clubs to Your Bag

Posted by Randall Bloomquist on February 25, 2010

Allow me to introduce the new Top Dog at CNN Radio.  Take a look at his resume in today’s article from NTSMediaOnline.com. Job history look familiar?  Probably not.  I spoke to a CNN recruiter about this job almost a year ago.  It was clear to me within minutes that they were looking for an Interactive [...]

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Lame Talkers and Weak Producers Led To CNN’s Radio Host “Ban”

Posted by Randall Bloomquist on August 12, 2009

CNN President Jon Klein has reportedly told his producers to “avoid” booking radio talk show hosts because they “too often add to the noise” in public issues debates, and their input is “all too predictable.” I’m not sure about the “noise” complaint — healthy public debates are raucous by their nature.  But Klein has a point about the predictability.  [...]

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