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CNN

CNN

Premium PublisherBrand· part of Warner Bros. Discoverycnn.com

CNN is a news media company focused on breaking news and storytelling that is expanding its content footprint beyond news into areas including business, entertainment, food, travel, sports, health, and weather, while building advertising products designed to connect audiences across streaming, digital video, social, and audio.

Last updated Oct 5, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team · Connections updated Oct 26, 2026

Founded
1980
HQ
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Connections
35

AI-drafted from public sources56 sources cited

At a glance

Employees
5001-10000
Revenue
$1B+
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About

One of the world's leading premium news publishers and a top-tier digital advertising destination, operating within Warner Bros. Discovery's consolidated ad sales ecosystem.

CNN is a news media company focused on breaking news and storytelling that is expanding its content footprint beyond news into areas including business, entertainment, food, travel, sports, health, and weather, while building advertising products designed to connect audiences across streaming, digital video, social, and audio. CNN is also developing interactive "brand agents" and scene-level contextual AI tools that allow advertising creative to be adapted or placed against relevant moments, pointing toward more responsive and conversational ad experiences. CNN is additionally building an agentic infrastructure, with its international commercial arm scoping agentic protocols and planning to test properties against LLMs before moving toward agent-to-agent media trading, with a full trading model targeted for Q1 2027. Source 1: cnn.com — About Us Source 2: thedrum.com — CNN's Guy Griggs on brand agents and the next phase of ... Source 3: digiday.com — CNN builds in-house agent infrastructure as it prepares for ...

Business model

Media / Advertising

Target market

Enterprise

What they offer

  • CNN.com

    High-traffic digital news destination offering display, video, and programmatic advertising inventory to national and global advertisers.

  • CNN Linear TV

    24-hour cable news network with broad national and international reach, offering traditional and addressable TV advertising.

  • CNN Digital Video

    Streaming and on-demand video content with pre-roll, mid-roll, and branded content advertising opportunities.

  • CNN International

    Global news distribution reaching audiences in over 200 countries, enabling international advertising campaigns.

  • One WBD Ad Sales

    Warner Bros. Discovery's unified advertising sales platform that packages CNN inventory with other WBD properties for cross-platform buys.

  • CNN Underscored

    Commerce and product review content vertical offering native advertising and affiliate-driven monetization opportunities.

Key features

Premium brand-safe news environmentMassive first-party audience data at scaleCross-platform inventory (TV, digital, mobile, OTT)Programmatic and direct advertising optionsContextual and audience-based targetingGlobal reach via CNN InternationalCustom branded content and sponsorship integrations

Use cases

National brand awareness campaigns targeting news consumersProgrammatic display and video advertising on CNN.comSponsorship of breaking news and live event coverageCross-platform media buys combining CNN linear and digital inventoryInternational advertising campaigns via CNN InternationalNative and branded content integrations for thought leadership

Customer segments

National and global brand advertisersPolitical and advocacy advertisersFinancial services and B2B advertisersAutomotive advertisersPharmaceutical and healthcare advertisersTechnology companiesMedia agencies and holding companies

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Programmatic advertising (DSP/SSP integrations)Google Ad Manager (ad server)First-party data management platformContextual targeting technologyVideo ad serving (VAST/VPAID)Identity resolution solutionsAudience segmentation and analytics

Security & compliance

GDPRCCPAIAB TCFBrand Safety (GARM standards)

Deployment

Cloud

API

Limited

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