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CNN
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Change Amplified: Live Music and the Climate Crisis on CNN
July 15th, 2025 EPISODE PREMIERES SUNDAY, JULY 20 AT 8PM ET/PT NEW YORK, NY – (July 15, 2025) – The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper , a six-time Emmy® Award-winning CNN Original, returns with a look at some of the biggest stars working to revolutionize the eco footprint of live music. 'Change Amplified: Live Music and the Climate Crisis' with CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir premieres Sunday, July 20 at 8pm ET/PT on CNN. Featuring Billie Eilish and her mother Maggie Baird, Bonnie Raitt, Jack Johnson, AJR's Adam Met and Perry Farrell formerly of Jane's Addiction, Weir traces the legacy of stars who are working to reform a live music industry that demands massive amounts of energy and produces tons of waste. From refillable water stations, plastic-free shows and even kinetic dance floors that turn the crowd's energy into electricity, eco-conscious musicians are leading a movement to make caring about the climate cool. Their influence is catching on, with Lollapalooza now operating its main stage with a battery-powered hybrid system that gets cleaner every year, and Coachella implementing their first zero carbon stage. 'As so many politicians and corporate leaders slink away from leadership on climate issues while the cultural influence of live music explodes, I set out to understand how a handful of devoted artists have managed to clean and green their industry in astounding ways,' Weir said. 'A music festival is like a temporary, disposable city so the lessons learned can be applied across society, and the connections being made with fellow fans have sparked a surprising new wave of grass roots connection and action.' Weir speaks with Billie Eilish behind-the-scenes during her stadium tour where she implements several eco-friendly initiatives, and meets up with her and Maggie Baird in the hills of Los Angeles where nonprofit Tree People plants shade in underserved communities and after wildfires. He also visits with Jack Johnson on his Kokua Learning Farm in Hawaii, created to connect kids with nature and fresh, healthy food. The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper is a collection of unique and immersive single subject, one-hour episodes from CNN's Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning longform storytelling team showcasing character-driven stories, special interviews, and investigative deep dives featuring reporting from CNN's anchors and correspondents . It is the Emmy® Award winner for Best Recorded News Program two years running, and is executive produced by Susan Chun. Weir previously reported from around the world for The Whole Story in 'Adaptation Nation,' 'What Whales Tell Us,' and the Emmy® nominated 'How to Unscrew a Planet.' The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper will stream live for pay TV subscribers via CNN connected TV and mobile apps on Sunday, July 20. 'Change Amplified: Live Music and the Climate Crisis' will also be available on demand beginning Monday, July 21 to pay TV subscribers via CNN connected TV and mobile apps, and Cable Operator Platforms. Past episodes of The Whole Story are available to stream on demand now on HBO Max. The Whole Story is also available as a CNN Podcasts showcast. Visit or listen wherever you get your podcasts. ### About CNN Originals The CNN Originals group develops, produces and acquires original, long-form unscripted programming for CNN Worldwide. Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent, CNN Originals and creative development, oversees the award-winning CNN Originals portfolio that includes the following premium content brands: CNN Original Series, CNN Films, CNN Flashdocs, and CNN Studios. Since 2012, the team has overseen and executive produced more than 60 multi-part documentary series and 70 feature-length documentary films, earning more than 120 awards and 450 nominations for the cable network, including CNN Films' first Academy Award® for Navalny . Acclaimed titles include the Peabody Award winning and 13-time Emmy® Award-winning Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ; five time Emmy® nominee, Apollo 11 , directed by Todd Douglas Miller; Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid directed by Matt Tyrnauer; Emmy® nominated Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico ; the Emmy® Award-nominated 'Decades Series': The Sixties , The Seventies , The Eighties , The Nineties , The 2000s , and The 2010s, executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman; The Last Movie Stars , directed by Ethan Hawke about the lives and careers of actors and humanitarians Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman; the Emmy® Award winning Little Richard: I Am Everything , directed by Lisa Cortés; Luther Vandross: Never Too Much , directed by Dawn Porter; The Many Lives of Martha Stewart ; Primetime Emmy® and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, RBG , directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen; See It Loud: The History of Black Television , executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter; Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight in partnership with the BBC; the Producers Guild Award and three-time Emmy® Award-winning Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy ; T his is Life with Lisa Ling ; BAFTA nominee and Directors Guild Award winner, Three Identical Strangers , directed by Tim Wardle; the five-time Emmy® Award-winning United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell ; the American version of the long-running UK comedy series, Have I Got News For You , hosted by Roy Wood Jr; and the six-time Emmy® Award-winning The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper . CNN Originals can be seen on CNN, the CNN Original Hub on HBO Max and discovery+, the CNN Originals FAST channel, and for pay TV subscription via CNN apps and cable operator platforms. About Warner Bros. Discovery Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, HBO Max, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Film Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit Press Contacts The Whole Story Press Contact Bill Weir Press Contact
Hindustan Times
09-07-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Is Anderson Cooper exiting CNN? Know about his salary and impressive net worth
Anderson Cooper recently made a big behind-the-scenes decision that has the alarmed the media community. After hiring a Hollywood "super agent," the seasoned CNN anchor sparked rumors that he is about to leave the network entirely. Anderson Cooper is one of the highest-paid anchors in the media industry, reportedly earning $18 million year from CNN. (AP ) The move has also raised questions if he intends to transition into entertainment or exit the network entirely as it goes through significant cost-cutting and network reorganization. According to reports, Cooper is extremely dissatisfied with CNN and was pondering about leaving the network after over 20 years. Cooper reportedly makes $18 million a year, but he is reportedly unhappy with the network's dropping ratings and growing disenchanted with internal choices, especially those pertaining to who receives the spotlight. Despite the changes and ongoing reports about his future exit, Cooper still hosts Anderson Cooper 360° and The Whole Story on CNN. While his resignation has not been officially announced, industry sources speculate that he might be getting ready for a change in his career, National Enquirer reported. He is still on air for the time being, but it seems doubtful that he will stay at CNN. Also Read: Royal yet emotional meet: Lip reader reveals how Brigitte Macron complimented Kate Middleton after cancer battle What is Anderson Cooper's salary? Anderson Cooper is one of the highest-paid anchors in the media industry, reportedly earning $18 million year from CNN. The network hasn't yet confirmed the amount, but some sources suggest his earnings would be closer to $20 million. His pay is commensurate with his reputation as a premier journalist who hosts Anderson Cooper 360°, the network's flagship program, and contributes to CBS's 60 Minutes. Cooper's net worth was primarily earned through his journalism career instead of inheritance. In 2025, CNN's financial difficulties and wider cost-cutting initiatives have brought focus on his exorbitant income. Cooper's compensation has apparently been the subject of an internal inquiry as Warner Bros. Discovery, the network's parent company, prepares for a spinoff and manages significant debt. His pay, which is much greater than that of many of his CNN coworkers, demonstrates the mounting pressure on established media organizations to defend high salaries in a changing and cutthroat news environment. What is Anderson Cooper's net worth? Anderson Cooper's net worth is most projected to be approximately $60 million as of 2025, as per Celebrity Net Worth. However, some media outlets like USA Today reported that Cooper's net worth may have surpassed $200 million.
CNN
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
CNN Worldwide Wins Four News Emmys (Night One)
June 26th, 2025 THE WHOLE STORY WITH ANDERSON COOPER WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE EMMY FOR OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS PROGRAM NEW YORK – (June 25, 2025) – CNN Worldwide celebrates four News Emmy® Awards in the 46th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Award competition. The winners were announced this evening by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in New York City. CNN's diverse nominations encompass enterprise reporting, news interviews, CNN's long-form unit, CNN en Español programming, and The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper . The ceremony continues tomorrow night at 7:30pm ET at the Palladium Times Square Theater with documentary programming. The 2025 CNN Worldwide News Emmy® wins include: Outstanding Recorded News Program The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis America First: A Fareed Zakaria Special Outstanding Live Interview: Short Form Christiane Amanpour interviews Jake Larson, Amanpour Outstanding Investigative News Coverage in Spanish NarcoFiles: Tren de Aragua (CNN en Español) ###
Irish Examiner
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Donie O'Sullivan wins Emmy — but ‘still no South Kerry Championships'
Senior CNN correspondent and proud Caherciveen man Donie O'Sullivan has won an Emmy for outstanding new coverage. O'Sullivan was recognised for his work on the three-part documentary MisInfoNation which was broadcast as part of The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper during the US election coverage. He led the reporting in three hour-long CNN specials. Celebrating the win, O'Sullivan posted a photo on Instagram with the caption: 'Won an Emmy!!! (Still no South Kerry Championships).' The South Kerry man has been working with CNN since 2016 and rose to international prominence for his reporting during the 2021 US Capitol attack. His work has covered the impact of social media on politics and in 2022 his own Twitter account was among several journalists' accounts that were suspended after covering the social media site's owner Elon Musk, who accused O'Sullivan of violating Twitter's policy on doxing. O'Sullivan was previously nominated for News Emmy awards in 2020, 2021 and 2024. Read More Jeff Bezos alters Venice wedding plans after threat of inflatable crocodiles
Otago Daily Times
24-06-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Aim to help farmers with energy use
Farmers have the power. That is the mission of new business Solayer NZ, which has been founded in the heart of the Central Otago farming community to connect farmers with sustainable energy options. Ranfurly vet, farmer and sustainability advocate Becks Smith, founder of The Whole Story, became inspired after a podcast episode featuring electricity entrepreneur and orchardist Mike Casey. It got her thinking about farm energy efficiency and then farm energy generation and she decided she wanted to put some solar panels on the Smith family farm. While she did the farm's accounts, she had never really looked at the electricity bill. She discovered electricity for irrigation was $28,000 a year and thought the family must be able to do something about that. Eager to put some solar panels at the irrigation pump site, Mrs Smith called various companies but discovered she did not understand the language used and representatives tended to want to spend half a day on-farm talking and had "no concept of farmer time". The process was not as easy as she thought it should be, so she decided to start a service offering to support farmers. But she realised she could not do it by herself, so she partnered with Lauder-based Dunstan Brook-Miller, whose background was in environmental science, energy and electricity, and David O'Sullivan, from Cambrians, who understood project management and "building things". The first 55kW ground mounted solar system was installed in a paddock by the irrigation pump shed on the Smith farm in January this year. Since then, Solayer had done another five installations. Those installations were all in the Maniototo and the business had proposals out through wider Otago. They could handle inquiries from throughout New Zealand as they had partnered with others to deliver the installations. "We've really recognised our opportunity to support farmers to get the right solutions," she said. Primarily, the purpose was to offset farm working expenses. Their system sat in the mid-scale solution category, for those wanting to offset expenses and build some resilience into their business. As a vet, Mrs Smith said she had spent 15 years working out ways of optimising farm solutions. Solar was one way that, if farmers invested in it, they did not risk anything or have to compromise on performance. As a farmer, that was "huge" for her. Involved herself with on-site installing, it was practical problem-solving in the field. Similar to the veterinary profession, "you can see progress and know you're making a difference", she said. Looking at the energy ecosystem in New Zealand, power costs were only going one way and there had to be a shift away from fossil fuels. Once farmers were comfortable with how they generated their own energy, then energy efficiency on-farm needed to be addressed, she said. Mrs Smith was fascinated with what Mr Casey had done for cherries, with his all-electric orchard in Central Otago, and she questioned what an electric — or even energy efficient — sheep and beef farm looked like in New Zealand.
