{"id":75871,"date":"2025-10-13T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/75871\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:59:07","slug":"cnn-launches-multiplatform-show-cnn-creators-from-new-doha-bureau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/75871\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Launches Multiplatform Show, CNN Creators, From New Doha Bureau"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCNN<\/a> International is launching a multiplatform show, called \u201cCNN Creators,\u201d from its new facility in Doha<\/a>\u2018s Media City Qatar.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new 30-minute weekly CNN International show \u2014 which will air on Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. ET \u2014 will kick off on Oct. 23 under a phased launch plan. During its first months, the show will be called \u201cCNN Creators \u2013 The Intro.\u201d This initial phase will introduce the team of multiplatform content creators, \u201ceach with their own unique background, interests, skills and perspective,\u201d according to a CNN statement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThese digital-native storytellers will explore the conversations that are capturing the zeitgeist, with a focus on AI, tech, art, culture, sport and social trends,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cCNN Creators\u201d team in Doha will be led by Andrew Potter, a former senior editorial producer at Vice. Potter is being joined by Ivana Scatola, a multilingual digital video producer and former BBC and France 24 reporter; Bijan Hosseini, who is known to CNN International viewers for his work hosting some of the network\u2019s features content across TV and social; and Antoinette Radford, another former BBC News journalist who is a member of CNN\u2019s Digital Live News team.<\/p>\n

\n\tMatias Grez, an award-winning producer and reporter who has worked with CNN Sport in London for more than a decade, and Ben Foley, a veteran war photojournalist whose vast work experience comprises Seven Network and Network Ten in his native Australia as well as Al Jazeera, Vice and the New York Times, complete the \u201cCNN Creators\u201d lineup at launch.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn early 2026, the show will take on its permanent format as \u201cCNN Creators.\u201d It will become the first show anchored out of CNN\u2019s brand-new state-of-the-art facility in Doha\u2019s Media City Qatar. The purpose-built studio (pictured above) will feature custom workspaces \u201cdesigned to enable dynamic content creation and collaborative, spontaneous work among the team,\u201d the statement said. Alongside the TV show, \u201cCNN Creators\u201d will also be producing content for CNN.com and CNN\u2019s social platforms.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2019CNN Creators\u2019 is unlike any show we have ever launched,\u201d said Meara Erdozain, SVP of CNN International programming, in a statement. \u201cThis exciting new digital-forward initiative will reflect how our younger audiences are engaging with stories and will deliver compelling, entertaining content in a multitude of ways,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn February, CNN opened a new hub in Qatar that marks its first new broadcast facility in a new country since they launched their Abu Dhabi bureau in 2009.<\/p>\n

\n\tCNN\u2019S presence in Qatar complements its existing Middle East programming and news gathering hubs and CNN\u2019s flagship headquarters in the region. Abu Dhabi is home to\u00a0\u201cConnect the World With Becky Anderson\u201d and Dubai is the base for CNN Arabic.<\/p>\n

\n\tQatar, which has played a key role in negotiating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, is also the home country and big backer of the\u00a0Al Jazeera global news organization, which is CNN\u2019s main competitor in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CNN International is launching a multiplatform show, called \u201cCNN Creators,\u201d from its new facility in Doha\u2018s Media City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[59304,7903,156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-75871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-cnn","tag-doha","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}