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Sue Bunda Leaving CNN

Alex Weprin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:15:25 +0000

After 24 years with CNN Worldwide, executive VP of content development and strategy Sue Bunda is leaving the company.

Bunda joined CNN in 1987 as a writer and producer. She would go on to oversee special events coverage for the network and eventually was named senior VP of news for CNN/U.S., overseeing the network’s domestic bureaus.

“The logical question is why. Here’s why: I have always believed life is full of chapters and this has been an amazing one, but the next chapter is calling me,” Bunda wrote in an email to staff this morning. “In my recent years here, I have championed “free-thinking” and I couldn’t help but apply that same spirit to my professional future. I have several ideas about where I hope that chapter leads me.”

CNN Worldwide president Jim Walton said in an email to staff that he and his team will be looking at Bunda’s areas of responsibility, and will decide how it will be organized it in the near future.

Bunda and Walton’s emails are after the jump.

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David Doss Leaving CNN’s ‘AC360′

Alex Weprin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:45:59 +0000

The senior executive producer of CNN’s “AC360,” David Doss, is leaving the program, TVNewser has learned.

He will remain with CNN, and will work in the network’s program development group under Sue Bunda. CNN/U.S. executive VP Ken Jautz made the announcement to staffers this morning.

“Ken wanted to tap into David’s talents on behalf of more shows,” a CNN insider says.

Doss is a veteran of ABC News and NBC News, where he served as executive producer of “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw” and worked with Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson on “PrimeTime Thursday.”

He joined “AC360″ in 2005 as executive producer, but has since been joined by longtime Cooper producer Charlie Moore, who currently serves as EP. With Doss leaving, Moore will take over day-to-day oversight of “AC360.”

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CNN Heroes: “In a Time of Uncertainty, It’s Reassuring to See Good People at Work in the World”

Chris Ariens — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:34:24 +0000

CNN’s Anderson Cooper with mother-daughter actors Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson.

They love LA.

In its second year, CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute moved to Hollywood from its inaugural location at New York’s Museum of Natural History. With performances from Alicia Keys and John Legend and a surprise performance by Christina Aguilera, Saturday’s show at the Kodak Theatre provided a star-studded location in which to honor everyday heroes. The event will air Thanksgiving night on CNN.

Host Anderson Cooper joked that he was going to hologram-in Larry King for a special appearance. (He didn’t). Medical Marvel hero David Puckett got a kiss from presenter Salma Hayak, then forgot his acceptance speech.

Liz McCartney was named Hero of the Year. She’ll receive $100,000 for her work helping survivors of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their homes.

Also spotted, Robert Duvall, Meg Ryan and Cameron Diaz, singer Taylor Swift and CSI New York star and Obama BFF Hill Harper.

Insiders tell us plans are already in the works for 2009 Heroes. The ability to draw on celebrity guests will most likely make Los Angeles the choice for location next year, too. After the jump, the memo sent this morning to the CNN staff from CNN Worldwide president Jim Walton.

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