CNN Hires Brad Smith As Anchor For Its FAST Channel

CNN Hires Brad Smith As Anchor For Its FAST Channel

CNN has hired Brad Smith, previously of Yahoo! Finance and Cheddar, to serve as an anchor of its domestic FAST channel CNN Headlines. Smith will be based out of Atlanta and will start later this summer. CNN Worldwide CEO Mark Thompson has placed a priority on transitioning to digital and streaming, with plans to launch […]

CNN hires Yahoo Finance's Smith

Brad Smith has been hired by CNN as an anchor for CNN Headlines, the network’s domestic Fast channel. He will start his new job later this summer. Smith was previously an anchor at Yahoo Finance where he covered equity markets and interviewed chief executives of household-known businesses, cabinet officials, members of congress and economic policymakers […]

CNN relaunched its FAST channel CNN Headlines, which now features two hours of a new live, original show anchored by Brad Smith, last week

Sara Fischer / Axios: CNN relaunched its FAST channel CNN Headlines, which now features two hours of a new live, original show anchored by Brad Smith, last week  —  CNN last week quietly relaunched a new and improved version of its free, ad-supported (FAST) streaming channel called CNN Headlines, sources familiar with the effort told Axios.