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NBC News President Steve Capus is stepping down, six months after NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke named Pat Fili-Krushel to oversee the company's news operations.

Incoming CNN President Jeff Zucker said Thursday that he intends to make the network more "vibrant and exciting" while broadening the programming on television's original but struggling cable news outlet. The former NBC Universal chief's long-rumored selection as CNN president was announced Thursday. He'll start in January and report to Phil Kent, who runs all the Turner networks for parent company Time Warner.

The New York Times Co has tapped BBC's Mark Thompson as its next president and chief executive, capping an eight-month search for an executive to lead the company as more people get their news through digital products.

NPR Executive Editor Dick Meyer is leaving the public radio network to lead BBC News America. Meyer’s appointment at BBC was announced Wednesday. Since 2009, he has been NPR’s executive editor, managing all news operations. His resignation follows the departure of NPR’s top news executive Ellen Weiss in January.