CNN App announced for iPad

"High quality, world-class journalism is what CNN does best, whethr live breaking news, hard-hitting interviews or in-depth investigations, and our iPad app presents that content to the world in a wholly new way," said KC Estenson, senior VP and GM of CNN.com. "This app harnesses the best of what the iPad offers by leveraging striking photos and videos; elegant, multi-touch navigation; and the ability to share content with your friends via social media."

The CNN App for iPad combines imagery with reporting from CNN, including text stories, blog posts, photo galleries, and live or on-demand video. Users have the ability to toggle between US and international news preferences, both of which serve live video of breaking news and select events as they happen. Additionally, when in the US News Preference, users can listen to hourly audio news updates from CNN Radio.

User participation

The CNN App also places strong emphasis on user participation, adding a user comment feature that runs alongside content on the screen. Additionally, users can share text stories, images and videos from the app via email, Facebook and Twitter.

"One of the things about the app that excites us most is the ability to serve the news needs of iPad users while also exposing them to original, enterprise content from CNN that will surprise and delight them," said Louis Gump, VP of CNN Mobile. "The CNN App was built from the ground up with our consumers in mind, and we are proud of the new CNN experience created for the device."

To keep news fresh, the app will be updated in real-time as important stories break, and users will be notified of breaking news headlines via Push Notification.

The CNN App is available for free from the App Store on iPad.