More CNN correspondents for Joburg

“This is all about owning more content; these new resources will have a huge impact across all of CNN's networks and platforms,” said Tony Maddox, executive VP and MD of CNN International. “Owning the content we broadcast, publish and make available to affiliates and other platforms is the backbone of this business. This multimillion dollar investment in staff and resources bolster our world-class, award-winning journalism, as well as [giving] us the power to move swiftly into developing new business models.”

New operations

New operations are also planned for Afghanistan, Belgium, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland and Vietnam, as well as an additional correspondent at both its London and Istanbul bureaux.

Investments are underway in CNN's Asia Pacific newsgathering hub in Hong Kong to increase staffing, and the network plans to assign additional correspondents in Beijing, Jakarta and Pakistan.

At the same time, CNN is also revitalising its Tokyo bureau to encompass additional reporting duties in South Korea to work within the current structure.

CNN will significantly expand both its newsgathering and production facilities in the UAE, bringing to bear more resources across the region in terms of programming and reporting, including more business coverage.

CNN is also expanding its international online services with the creation of a digital production unit that will be primarily based in London, with additional staffing also in Hong Kong and Atlanta. This unit will produce and feed the rapidly growing number of new platforms that CNN services globally. This team will work alongside the television operation and will be responsible for providing content for CNN International, CNNArabic.com, CNNMobile and new CNN services on TV-to-broadband sites.

Addiitonal support for affiliates

CNN's International Newsource operation will also expand to provide additional editorial, content and newsgathering services to CNN's more than 1000 affiliates worldwide.

CNN's in-house wire service is also being strengthened with additional staff to ensure swift and accurate dissemination of all of the additional material becoming available across all of CNN Worldwide services and networks.

In Mexico, CNN en Español will strengthen its presence with the hiring of an anchor and correspondent and an additional editor working from the network's Mexico City newsgathering bureau and production centre. CNN en Español also will add to its editorial team in Atlanta to better service the increased volume of affiliate and stringer content and the development of new digital services.

• CNN Worldwide is a division of Turner Broadcasting System, a Time Warner Company. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, allegedly the number one network of news Web sites in the US; CNN Newsource, the world's most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.