Jon Petrovich in St. Louis, Missouri. Petrovich was executive vice president for CNN's Headline News (now HLN) in Atlanta, Georgia. Ted Turner hired him to lead Headline News in the mid-1980s. He oversaw CNN Radio and was directly involved in business development and marketing for all CNN networks. In 1994, he funded the establishment of CNN.com, and helped create CNN Airport Network and CNN en Español. He is widely credited with launching CNN Radio Noticias, CNN NewsSource. While executive vice president of CNN Headline News, the network incorporated factoids into its on-air half-hour news wheel format. After his role at CNN, Petrovich
Social media as a news source say they get news from e-mail or social media sites updates, according to a report published by CNN. The survey suggests that Facebook and Twitter make news a more participatory experience than before as people share news articles and comment on other people's posts. According to CNN, in 2010 75% of people got their news forwarded through e-mail or social media posts, whereas 37% of people shared a news item via Facebook or Twitter. In the United States, 81% of people say they look online for news of the weather, first and foremost. National news at 73%, 52% for sports