Jeff Zucker (Creative Commons).

CNN’s current president and chief executive is Jim Walton, who announced in July he would step down by the end of the year. 

Zucker was executive producer of NBC’s “Today” show and played a major role in the network’s news programming efforts, including coverage of the Olympics and elections, the Los Angeles Times reported. He left NBC almost two years ago after Comcast Corp. acquired a majority stake in the company. 

According to the Times, Zucker is currently producing Katie Couric’s daytime talk show.

Reach Executive Producer Agnus Dei Farrant here.