Alex MacCallum Elevated to CNN’s Chief Operating Officer

By Brian Steinberg

Brian Steinberg

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Alex MacCallum returned to CNN to oversee an effort to make the storied news outlet more relevant to digital audiences. Now she may be poised to do a lot more.

MacCallum, a media-industry veteran who has helped The Washington Post and The New York Times manage their own digital transitions, was named chief operating officer of Warner Bros. Discovery‘s CNN in a memo issued Thursday by Mark Thompson, the news division’s CEO.

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