Alex MacCallum Returns to CNN as EVP, Digital Products

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Was general manager of short-lived CNN Plus service

Alex MacCallum
Alex MacCallum (Image credit: CNN)

Alex MacCallum is returning to CNN as worldwide executive VP of digital products and services.

MacCallum left CNN in 2022 after serving as global head of product and general manager of CNN Plus, the short-lived streaming service that was axed as then-CNN parent WarnerMedia was acquired by Discovery.

Most recently MacCallum was chief revenue officer for The Washington Post.

In her new role, she will oversee and spearhead CNN’s suite of digital products.

Before joining CNN originally, MacCallum was head of new products and ventures for The New York Times, where new CNN CEO Mark Thompson was CEO.

Athan Stephanopoulos, who had been CNN’s chief digital officer, left the company earlier this month.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.