CNN names Brian Stelter host of 'Reliable Sources'

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New York • CNN says media reporter Brian Stelter is the new host of "Reliable Sources," the network's weekly look at developments in the media world.

The network says Stelter will also serve as a senior media correspondent for CNN Worldwide.

He comes from The New York Times, where he was a media industry reporter. He replaces Howard Kurtz, who left the two-decade-old program earlier this year to join Fox News Channel.

Stelter joined The New York Times in 2007. Before that, he created TVNewser, a blog covering the television news industry.

He is the author of "Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV," about the competitive world of morning news shows.

"Reliable Sources" airs Sundays at 11 a.m. Eastern time.