Dobbs' 24-Hour Dream Comes True for CNNfn.(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, April, 2000 by MOSS, LINDA

NEW YORK -- Lou Dobbs is long gone, but his goal for CNNfn will finally be realized in June: The business-news network will expand to 24 hours of coverage per day, Monday through Friday. Shelby Coffey III, president of CNN Business News and CNNfn, announced last week that he had the go-ahead from CNN News Group chairman Tom Johnson and Time Warner Inc.

vice chairman Ted Turner to go beyond CNNfn's current 18 hours per day to round-the-clock financial coverage. Coffey, who joined CNNfn in November, said going to 24 hours was a priority for a number of reasons, not the least of which is making the network and its content viable for coming digital applications, interactivity and convergence. Those opportunities should grow after CNNfn parent Time Warner...

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