CNNI Drops Jim Clancy’s The Brief…

CNN International’s Jim Clancy made an announcement on Twitter last night…

The Brief makes way for a new program based in Abu Dhabi and an expansion of the i-Desk…

The Television media is all about change — like most other endeavors. But we’re working on how to get you your ‘Brief’ fix !

Jim Clancy will still be seen daily (or almost) in many roles! Remember, I was a correspondent for YEARS before I ever anchored.

I just LOVE The Brief team and the concept — and most of all, the audience that makes it worth doing: YOU!

This news comes almost two years to the day CNN originally took the wraps off its Abu Dhabi studios and began broadcasting Prism; the first show from the region. One wonders if this increased emphasis on the Middle East region is a response to a perceived threat from the Arab Spring induced rise in prominence of Al Jazeera. I’m going to assume that it’s Michael Holmes’ I-Desk slot that’s getting expanded. But what happens to World Sport which follows that half hour? Is it staying or going?

Update: It’s not Holmes’ I-Desk but Hala Gorani’s that’s getting expanded which makes absolutely no sense based on Clancy’s tweets because Gorani’s I-Desk airs a full hour and a half after The Brief. So something else is going to be happening to the schedule. World Sport at 15:30 GMT being dropped/moved? Or maybe the rotating group of taped half hours at 17:30 GMT? We shall see…

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