"The Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

"As of February 2023, CNN had 80 million television households as subscribers in the US. According to Nielsen, in June 2021 CNN ranked third in viewership among cable news networks, behind Fox News and MSNBC, averaging 580,000 viewers throughout the day, down 49% from a year earlier, amid sharp declines in viewers across all cable news networks. While CNN ranked 14th among all basic cable networks in 2019, then jumped to 7th during a major surge for the three largest cable news networks (completing a rankings streak of Fox News at number 5 and MSNBC at number 6 for that year), it settled back to number 11 in 2021 and had further declined to number 21 in 2022.

"Globally, CNN programming has aired through CNN International, seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories; since May 2019, however, the US domestic version has absorbed international news coverage in order to reduce programming costs. The American version, sometimes referred to as CNN (US), is also available in Canada, some islands of the Caribbean and in Japan, where it was first broadcast on CNNj in 2003, with simultaneous translation in Japanese." (Wikipedia)

"CNN, in full Cable News Network, Inc., television’s first 24-hour all-news service, a subsidiary of Warner Media. CNN’s headquarters are in Atlanta," the Britannica says.

"CNN was created by maverick broadcasting executive Ted Turner as part of his Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), allegedly because industry professionals had told him it could not be done. After four years in development, CNN signed on the air June 1, 1980, with a news telecast anchored by the husband-and-wife team of Dave Walker and Lois Hart

"Maturing and expanding along with the cable industry itself, CNN maintained a loyal following by offering what the major networks did not: full, continuous coverage of all news events, both large and small. Its mantra throughout this period was “Go live, stay with it and make it important.”

"CNN had broken the mold of TV news when it was launched in June 1980. It was the first 24-hour news channel in the world, at that time broadcasting to the U.S. market. Just five years, later CNN International was launched on an unsuspecting and still skeptical world. Only Ted Turner really knew what he had done and what it would be able to achieve," the CNN says.

"Our 26 international bureaus and the production centres in London, Hong Kong and Mexico City are at the very heart of what CNN is all about and what it will be in the future. Our correspondents and crews work in some of the most dangerous and inhospitable places on earth and their dedication and courage is relied upon by millions of people everyday.

"For many, CNN is not just an English-speaking 24-hour news channel on TV, our services in Spanish across Latin America as well as our services in Turkey (CNN Turk), Spain (CNN+) and Germany (n-tv) bring CNN's news and information to millions in their own language. On the web, with six million users a day, CNN.com is the most visited site for news and information. Add to that our Internet services in Arabic and Japanese, CNN's mobile and ever-growing number of digital services it is not hard to see why CNN news can reach more than a billion people a day."

"On June 1, 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. The network signed on from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, with a lead story about the attempted assassination of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan," the History Channel says.

"CNN went on to change the notion that news could only be reported at fixed times throughout the day. At the time of CNN’s launch, TV news was dominated by three major networks—ABC, CBS and NBC—and their nightly 30-minute broadcasts.

"CNN eventually came to be known for covering live events around the world as they happened, often beating the major networks to the punch. The network gained significant traction with its live coverage of the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and the network’s audience grew along with the increasing popularity of cable television during the 1990s and well into the 21st century."

"Cable News Network (CNN) was the world’s first twenty-four-hour cable television news channel when it was established in 1980. From its home in Atlanta, CNN has extended its reach around the world, becoming a dominant force in national and international journalism. Along with its subsidiary channels and the competitors it helped inspire, the network has changed the way information flows throughout an increasingly connected world," the New Georgia Encyclopedia says.

"Part of the concept of CNN was that the news, not the anchor, would be the star. The network’s early format, drawn in part from that of all-news radio, was centered on a news “wheel.” Major stories were repeated on a cyclical basis throughout the day, sometimes with minor modifications. New stories were added to the mix periodically. At any time, however, breaking news could arise and dominate the schedule.

"Its focus on live coverage, much of it from cameras on the scene, gave CNN’s broadcasts a special sense of urgency. In 1981 CNN anchor Bernard Shaw was the first to break the story when a would-be assassin shot U.S. president Ronald Reagan. In 1986 millions (including first lady Nancy Reagan) were watching CNN when the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff. CNN had been the only network carrying the launch live."