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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.

Jeff Zucker said on Friday that he would leave NBC Universal once the deal with Comcast was completed.

Jeff Zucker, the maniacal mastermind behind the downfall of NBC and the instigator of the Late Night Wars that devastated the TV landscape earlier this year, is reportedly being ousted from his position at NBC.

NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker leapt to the defense of CNBC this morning, describing Comedy Central host Jon Stewart's evisceration of the network and Mad Money host Jim Cramer as "incredibly unfair to CNBC and the business media."

"CNBC is a spectacular organization and in particular Jim Cramer," he said.