Jeff Zucker continues to staff up at his new CNN post, this time with a producer he’d already put in place at the Katie Couric talk show. Even though Zucker still retains ownership in Katie. A network insider confirms to Deadline that Zucker has hired his former Today Show #2 and Katie co-executive producer Michael Bass who’ll serve as CNN senior VP reporting to Zucker. The NYT first reported the move. The formal greenlight for Katie‘s second season came just days after its original executive producer Zucker left to run CNN. Zucker earlier hired another Today Show alum - Allison Gollust whom he installed as NBC Universal VP Corporate Communications when he was head there and in March as SVP Communications for CNN Worldwide.Monday, April 15, 2013
A New CNN Senior Vice President
Jeff Zucker continues to staff up at his new CNN post, this time with a producer he’d already put in place at the Katie Couric talk show. Even though Zucker still retains ownership in Katie. A network insider confirms to Deadline that Zucker has hired his former Today Show #2 and Katie co-executive producer Michael Bass who’ll serve as CNN senior VP reporting to Zucker. The NYT first reported the move. The formal greenlight for Katie‘s second season came just days after its original executive producer Zucker left to run CNN. Zucker earlier hired another Today Show alum - Allison Gollust whom he installed as NBC Universal VP Corporate Communications when he was head there and in March as SVP Communications for CNN Worldwide.
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Great - another overpaid manager whose salary (probably $500K ++) reduces the amount that can be spent on news gathering.
CNN has lots and lots of Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents. It hasn't helped.
Less chiefs and more Indians (with the proper resources to do their jobs).
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