Jamie Kraft Leaving CNN, John Roberts Leaving AM

Last week we blogged the news that John Roberts has been named a national correspondent for CNN and is heading to Atlanta. This article in Bloomberg Business Week mentions the direction that Ken Jautz has in mind for American Morning and also adds information about Jamie Kraft heading to NBC. We wish both Kraft and Roberts great success in their new endeavors.

John Roberts is out as a CNN morning anchor with the network's new boss saying he wants a more "upbeat" show.
CNN Chief Executive Ken Jautz said Tuesday that he wants a bigger mix of stories and a faster pace in the morning.
"American Morning" generally finishes fourth in the cable morning ratings behind Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNN's sister station, HLN.
Roberts came to CNN from CBS News. CNN says Roberts has requested a reporting assignment that will move him from New York to the network's Atlanta headquarters. His fiancee, CNN anchor Kyra Phillips, lives there.

It was also announced Tuesday that executive producer Jamie Kraft is leaving CNN for a job at NBC News.

All content, unless otherwise cited, is © All Things CNN and may not be used without consent of the blog administrator.

Saturday's Scoop for 9/12/09

John Roberts was interviewed by Mediaite Office Hours on 8/27. Here is the interview from mediaite.com

James Carville and his wife Mary Matalin are co-chairing a committee to bring the Superbowl to New Orleans in 2013. Click here for the article from nola.com.

Ladies' Home Journal's October edition talks with Jill Dougherty on her fight against breast cancer. Here is TVNewser's post with a summary of the article.

Jamie Kraft has been named the new executive producer of American Morning. Previously Jamie had been American Morning's senior broadcast producer and has also worked on AC360. Prior to that Jamie was with CBS and 60 Minutes. Here is the article from Broadcasting & Cable.

Ali Velshi spoke with TVNewser about his trip on the CNN Express. Click here for their full article.

Ali Velshi also spoke with the Wisconsin State Journal about speaking with students at UW - Madison.

Twitter Pictures:

@sanjayguptacnn and @daniellecnn from Afghanistan

@sanjayguptacnn reporting from Afghanistan

All content, unless otherwise cited, is © All Things CNN and may not be used without consent of the blog administrator.