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Jeff Zucker Bullish On Debut Of ‘The Lead’, Calls Jake Tapper ‘Face Of New CNN’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday March 18, 2013 @ 8:37pm PDTTags: CNN, Jake Tapper, The Lead

At a launch party celebrating Jake Tapper‘s debut today on CNN‘s The Lead, network head Jeff Zucker called the former ABC reporter “the face of new CNN”, Politico reports. “This is the start of an incredible new era”, he added in remarks at Washington, D.C.’s Sixth Engine restaurant. Tapper’s new weekday show airs at 4pm daily with the newsman in place as chief Washington correspondent and anchor. In The Lead‘s inaugural broadcast Tapper interviewed Stephen Colbert about campaigning on behalf of his sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch, who’s running for office in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district.

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Jake Tapper’s New CNN Show ‘The Lead’ Set For March 18 Debut

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday March 6, 2013 @ 9:48am PSTTags: CNN, Jake Tapper, The Lead

CNN announced today that Jake Tapper‘s new weekday show The Lead will premiere at 4 PM on Monday March 18. In a statement, CNN said “the program will draw not only on Tapper’s deep knowledge of politics and national … Read More »

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Jake Tapper Says New CNN Show To Be Called ‘The Lead’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 12, 2013 @ 12:26pm PSTTags: CNN, Jake Tapper, The Lead

Nearly two months after Jake Tapper joined CNN, his upcoming weekday show finally has a name. “For those catching the new CNN promo that’s right our new show will be called The Lead,” the news network’s chief Washington correspondent today announced via Twitter. CNN has said the new show will air at 4 PM daily, but there still has been no announcement of when The Lead is actually debuting — all CNN will say is that it is premiering in March. Federico Quadrani has left MSNBC to serve as executive producer on the new show. The Lead will take an hour off Wolf Blitzer’s long-running The Situation Room when it debuts. Read More »

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