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Article: CNN's Johnson Steps Down.(Cable News Network chairman, Tom Johnson)(Brief Article)
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- July 2, 2001
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Cable News Network chairman and CEO Tom Johnson announced his retirement Thursday, telling staffers in a memo that he wanted to spend more time with his family in California.
CNN, which didn't name a successor, will be run by CNN News Group chief news executive Eason Jordan and network president and chief operating officer Phil Kent, a spokeswoman said.
Jordan will continue to report to Kent, the former Turner Broadcasting System International president who was named to his new position in September, following the resignation of former CNN president Rick Kaplan.
The biggest difference between Johnson and Kent -- now the top executive at the ...