CNN Taps Athan Stephanopoulos As Chief Digital Officer

deadline.com:

Athan Stephanopoulos has been tapped by CNN to serve as executive vice president and chief digital officer of CNN Worldwide.

There has been much speculation as to who CNN Worldwide chairman and CEO Chris Licht would select for the key leadership role.

Stephanopoulos, who has been with Vox Media’s NowThis for the past eight years, will oversee digital editorial, product, technology, business operations and innovation strategies.

He will report to Licht. He succeeds Andrew Morse, who departed last spring with the shuttering of CNN+. Licht said in a statement that Stepanopoulos’ “vision for digital journalism, alongside his leadership and business acumen, is exactly what we need to build CNN’s digital future.”  Wendy Brundige, who had been interim leader of the network’s digital operation, will become senior VP of CNN Digital Worldwide.