Jake Tapper has been a White House correspondent, a CNN news anchor, an author, and a prolific tweeter. In several months he can add to that resumé: soap opera actor. The host of CNN’s The Lead is slated to appear in a mid-August episode of The OnLine Network's rebooted All My Children. He will play a "pushy" TV investigative reporter named Spencer Phillips.
In today's increasingly niche media landscape, CNN's Jake Tapper is happy to be a generalist. Starting Monday, the former ABC News White House correspondent anchors a new daily program, The Lead With Jake Tapper, which he promises will be a smart, wide-ranging look at the world. Show More Summary
Since exiting ABC News to move over to CNN, Jake Tapper has been seen only sporadically at his new home, offering analysis on big stories, usually involving the White House. As chief Washington correspondent, Tapper will be part of the CNN team covering President Obama's State of the Union address tonight. Show More Summary
Then-ABC News Chief White House Correspondent (soon to be CNN anchor/political correspondent) Jake Tapper caused quite a stir when he asked President Obama, at a press conference announcing a task force on gun violence, "Where've you been" on the issue. Show More Summary
Jake Tapper, ABC News' chief White House correspondent, is leaving the network to become the chief Washington correspondent for CNN, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Jake Tapper will leave ABC, where he has been the network’s chief White House correspondent since the 2008, and will be joining CNN to fill the same role. Tapper’s decision to leave ABC was announced by ABC News president Ben Sherwood, who sent an email to staffers announcing that Jonathan Karl would become the new [...]Show More Summary
(CNN) - Jake Tapper, most recently an ABC News correspondent and author, is joining CNN as chief Washington correspondent and an anchor, the network announced Thursday. Tapper was previously the senior White House correspondent for ABC News. ABC's White House team will pick up the network's political correspondent, Jonathan Karl. – Follow the Ticker on [...]
ABC News just announced big changes at the network. Jonathan Karl has been named Chief White House Correspondent and Martha Raddatz is the new Chief Global Affairs Correspondent. Wait, isn't Chief White House Correspondent Jake Tapper's...Show More Summary
White House correspondent, Gawker pal, and Butterfly Effect fan Jake Tapper is leaving ABC for CNN. More »
Jake Tapper, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent, is leaving his post at the broadcast network for an “anchor role’ at CNN, according to an announcement by ABC News. CNN confirmed that they will welcome Tapper to the network for a weekday program.
ABC News’ Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper is joining CNN as the anchor of a new weekday program and CNN’s chief Washington correspondent, the network said today. The new as-yet unnamed show is to debut in 2013, said CNN. “With...Show More Summary
Phase one of major changes at CNN has begun. ABC Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper is leaving the network for CNN. He will anchor a weekday program, likely in the afternoon according to our sister site, TVNewser. See the full announcement from CNN… continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
Jake Tapper, senior White House Correspondent for ABC News, is leaving the network to join CNN. It is CNN President Jeff Zucker's first marquee hire since taking over the struggling cable news network. ABC News President Ben Sherwood sent out an email announcing the change. Show More Summary
ABC | CNN ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper is moving to CNN. At the foot of an ABC News announcement about re-assignments in its D.C. bureau, ABC News President Ben Sherwood writes: Jake is leaving ABC News for … Read ...
Senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper is leaving ABC for CNN.
Tapper will anchor a weekday program on CNN. TVNewser hears it will be the 4pmET hour, currently filled by “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”
Tapper’s departure was first announced by Ben Sherwood in a memo to ABC News staffers this afternoon. Show More Summary
ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper managed to get under President Barack Obama's skin during a press conference Wednesday, when he demanded to know why the administration is only now acting on gun control. "It seems to a lot of observers that you made the political calculation...not to talk about gun violence," Tapper said. Show More Summary
In the midst of heated coverage of the Sandy Hook shootings this weekend, some journalists got hammered in ways they least expected. For example ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper began tweeting out the names and ages of the children murdered in Connecticut. Show More Summary
Tonight's guests include: Eugene Robinson, columnist for the Washington Post and MSNBC political analyst Jake Tapper, ABC News senior White House correspondent and author of "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor" Here's a song! And here's executive producer Bill Wolff, …
On Monday night, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jake Tapper made an appearance on The Colbert Report to promote his new book The Outpost: An Untold Story Of American Valor, which just debuted at number ten on the New York Times...Show More Summary
• Alan speaks with ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper, whose new book is The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor. • How to Choose a Husband author Suzanne Venker defends her claim that feminism is to blame for a lack of “marriageable men.” • Republicans revolt! Alan weighs in on conservative criticisms of [...]