{"id":4958,"date":"2013-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/05\/20\/deborah-turness-hired-to-lead-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2013-05-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T00:00:00","slug":"deborah-turness-hired-to-lead-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/deborah-turness-hired-to-lead-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborah Turness Hired to Lead NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">NEW YORK:              <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">     Deborah Turness, who formerly served as editor for ITV&nbsp;News, has been named president of NBC&nbsp;News.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Turness joins a team that includes Mark Hoffman, the president of CNBC, and Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, as part of the NBCUniversal News Group, reporting to Pat Fili-Krushel, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group. Turness takes on responsibility for all aspects of the NBC News division, including <em>NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams<\/em>, <em>Today <\/em>and <em>Dateline<\/em>. She also oversees its news bureaus around the world. Breaking news, investigative and enterprise reporting all fall within her remit. Additionally, Turness has oversight for Peacock Productions. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;Deborah has built an outstanding reputation as both a journalist and business executive with a proven track record for innovation and collaboration,&rdquo; said Fili-Krushel. &ldquo;She is a leader with a global perspective, who is also very familiar with NBC News, having worked closely with us through our partnership with ITN. Her passion for the news business, combined with her creativity and vision, will be a tremendous asset to NBC News, and I&rsquo;m very pleased to welcome her to the team.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Turness added: &quot;It is quite simply the greatest imaginable honor to be named as the next president of NBC News. I am hugely excited by the opportunities that lie ahead and look forward to working with the talented journalists and technicians who make it one of the great global news operations.&quot;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Deborah Turness, who formerly served as editor for ITV&nbsp;News, has been named president of NBC&nbsp;News.&nbsp; Turness joins a team that includes Mark Hoffman, the president of CNBC, and Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, as part of the NBCUniversal News Group, reporting to Pat Fili-Krushel, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group. 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