Jeff Zucker
Jeff Zucker
Jeffrey Adam "Jeff" Zuckeris the current president of CNN Worldwide. He previously served as the President and CEO of NBC Universal. Zucker has also served as an Executive in Residence at Columbia Business School. In November 2012, Zucker was picked to take over as the President of CNN Worldwide in January 2013 after Jim Walton's tenure. Zucker oversees CNN, CNN International, HLNand CNN Digital...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth9 April 1965
CityHomestead, FL
CountryUnited States of America
It gives me great pleasure to formally give Steve the full reins of this critically important division at this crucial time.
It gives me great confidence to know that Steve will be at the helm while we navigate these complicated times,
Neal has been a steady hand in changing times, and our continued success through it all is a testament to his great leadership,
Megan is a fantastic performer. A great actor and a great communicator, as all of her fans know. Those skills will make her a great new addition to the daytime playing field.
In his long and distinguished career at NBC, Steve has touched virtually every aspect of this news division. And over the course of the past two months, he has already taken NBC News to great heights.
I think that's absolutely something we will look at.
He expressed the position that NBC is in, ... We're in a rebuilding phase. Nobody's in denial about that.
If you were building a morning-show host from scratch, she would be the prototype. She has the perfect combination of news background and talk background. She's got intelligence, grace, humor and those are the qualities you look for when you're trying to fill this role.
He didn't know if the man would back up and try and run him over, or whether he had a weapon, so he defended himself and hit the gentleman two times. Unfortunately, they were fatal blows.
He has plans of going onto a Division 1-A college on a football scholarship. Even though he is only a junior, a lot of schools have expressed an interest in him. He is also an excellent student, according to what I have learned,
Her crossover appeal, marquee value and winning personality make her a natural to star in her own NBC series.
I actually think we're still in the first inning. The changes are coming fast and furious, but I think it's going to evolve so much more over the next five years. Organizations that have been set up to deliver news and information in a very specific manner for the last 50 years need to evolve and need to evolve quickly.
I don't know why Brian Williams isn't blogging right now,
I wondered if I would find the next few years as personally fulfilling as the first four I have spent as the president of NBC News. I also found myself missing the opportunity for the kind of creativity I've had in previous jobs.