Ana Cabrera to Host Weekend 'CNN Newsroom'

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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CNN correspondent Ana Cabrera has been named anchor of CNN's weekend primetime programming, CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said Wednesday. She succeeds Poppy Harlow, who anchors CNN Newsroom on weekdays.

That comprises CNN Newsroom Saturdays at 3-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. and Sundays 5-8 p.m., which she will anchor from New York. 

Cabrera joined the news net in 2013 from KMGH-TV Denver, where she anchored the morning news.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.