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CNN NewsStand is a project to createCNN programming associated with publications owned byTime Warner, shortly after CNN ownerTurner Broadcasting System had been bought by Time Warner. The second "S" in "NewsStand" was not capitalized consistently even within Time Warner. In its original concept,NewsStand would feature an in-depth program each weeknight, assuming a report was available, branded as combining CNN with a Time Warner magazine.
The CNN Newsstand name has been used since 2008 for airport retail stores run byHudson Group.[1]
The first and best-known NewsStand combination was titledCNN & Time, or sometimesNewsStand: CNN & Time. It was heavily promoted in advance as a joint project betweenCNN andTime magazine and the first major example of "synergy" in theTime-Warner merger.
TheNewsStand series' debut episode, broadcast on 1998-06-07, was aCNN & Time presentation,"Valley of Death", a highly controversial report that accused the United States military of usingsarin gas inOperation Tailwind during theVietnam War. After almost a month of further investigations, CNN declared that it has insufficient evidence to run the story, and both CNN andTime were forced to retract the story in full on 1998-07-02. CNN's retraction further stated that "CNN alone bears responsibility for both the television reports and for the printed article in the June 15 issue of Time magazine."[2]
The series continued for a few years under various names, such asCNN Impact, trying to shake its reputation from the first episode.
CNN briefly ran other types of NewsStand programs, includingCNN &Fortune andCNN &Entertainment Weekly. Another example ofCNN-Time Warner synergy wasPeople in the News, a TV show billed as being withPeople magazine.
