News Broadcasting
John King is CNN US chief national correspondent
MUMBAI: CNN US has announced that John King will be its chief national correspondent. King’s new Washington, D.C.-based assignment will be a broad mandate for a range of reporting on interesting and important stories in the US and around the world.
CNN US president Jon Klein said, “John is a brilliant journalist who approaches each assignment with great fervor and dedication. During his on-site reporting of the tsunami aftermath, we witnessed the breadth of John’s capabilities beyond the White House beat. Our viewers are better served by having him out in the field.”
CNN US VP and Washington bureau chief David Bohrman said, “Here in CNN’s Washington bureau, we all know John as our senior White House correspondent. I remember meeting him when he was one of the very best reporters of any medium on any beat. This new assignment will allow King to use his range of interests and knowledge in a broader variety of reporting areas.”
King has served as CNN’s senior White House correspondent since 1999 and has been with CNN since 1997. King’s tenure included a lead role in coverage of the 2004 presidential election, the events leading up to and around the war with Iraq, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the tax-cut debates of 2001and 2003 and the global war on terrorism. He has conducted one-on-one interviews with an array of senior officials, including President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. King travelled with Cheney to the Middle East in March 2002 as the administration began to build support for confronting Saddam Hussein.
In December 2004, King travelled with Powell to Thailand and other South Asian countries to cover the disaster and aftermath of the tsunami that took more than 175,000 lives in the region.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
