Anchor Aaron Brown gone from CNN
Network says it was ‘mutual decision’; Anderson Cooper gets anchor slot
CNN news anchor Aaron Brown poses in a New York studio last month. The network says there was "little opportunity" for him there.
Updated: 7:24 a.m. ET Nov. 4, 2005
NEW YORK - After days of rumors and an uncomfortable pairing on the late-night cable news schedule following Hurricane Katrina, CNN parted ways with Aaron Brown and gave Anderson Cooper sole possession of the flagship news time slot.
The announcement brings an end to Brown’s job at the network and further raises Cooper’s profile to the face of the new CNN. The new “Anderson Cooper 360” will run from 10 p.m.-midnight beginning Monday, with executive producer David Doss and a crew that will include staffers from “360” and “NewsNight With Aaron Brown.”
Brown had once been the star of primetime for CNN, anchoring much of the breaking-news coverage and hosting “NewsNight” at 10 p.m. ET. But after Hurricane Katrina brought further attention to Cooper, Brown had been reduced to the role of in-studio host while showcasing his younger colleague. In an interview Wednesday, CNN-U.S. president Jon Klein said CNN decided to build its primetime schedule around “the two tentpoles that have the greatest potential and the greatest momentum”: “360” and “The Situation Room.”
Network says it was ‘mutual decision’; Anderson Cooper gets anchor slot
CNN news anchor Aaron Brown poses in a New York studio last month. The network says there was "little opportunity" for him there.
Updated: 7:24 a.m. ET Nov. 4, 2005
NEW YORK - After days of rumors and an uncomfortable pairing on the late-night cable news schedule following Hurricane Katrina, CNN parted ways with Aaron Brown and gave Anderson Cooper sole possession of the flagship news time slot.
The announcement brings an end to Brown’s job at the network and further raises Cooper’s profile to the face of the new CNN. The new “Anderson Cooper 360” will run from 10 p.m.-midnight beginning Monday, with executive producer David Doss and a crew that will include staffers from “360” and “NewsNight With Aaron Brown.”
Brown had once been the star of primetime for CNN, anchoring much of the breaking-news coverage and hosting “NewsNight” at 10 p.m. ET. But after Hurricane Katrina brought further attention to Cooper, Brown had been reduced to the role of in-studio host while showcasing his younger colleague. In an interview Wednesday, CNN-U.S. president Jon Klein said CNN decided to build its primetime schedule around “the two tentpoles that have the greatest potential and the greatest momentum”: “360” and “The Situation Room.”
