Opening day: CNN+ streaming service ready for launch Tuesday

NEW YORK (AP) — Once a familiar voice on NPR, Audie Cornish says she signed on to the new CNN+ streaming service in part out of the sense she was helping to open a new frontier.

After much talk, nearly $100 million in development costs and some 500 employees assigned to the task — many, like Cornish, new hires — CNN+ is set to launch next Tuesday.

The company on Thursday revealed a typical day's schedule, with a news countdown hosted by Kate Bolduan, a deep-dive news hour hosted by Sara Sidner, a Chris Wallace interview show, and hours on politics, international news and the media topped by Wolf Blitzer's evening newscast.

“It's so rare to have a legacy news organization pour resources into something like this, at this scale,” said Cornish, whose weekly interview show “20 Questions” will debut in May. “A lot of times people say they will pivot into something, and it can be half-hearted. I really appreciated that they were going all-in.”

She said that it's “rare that anyone says come and do what you do for us. It's usually, ‘come and do what we need.’"

CNN+ is a big swing, done at a tumultuous time in the company's leadership, and there's no shortage of skepticism in the industry about its chances. But CNN views streaming as the future, a way to engage younger consumers, and sees The New York Times as the model for a successful news subscription service.

It will cost $5.99 a month, but charter subscribers can lock in a $2.99 monthly charge in perpetuity if they act within a month of the launch.

“We think it will be incredibly attractive to the CNN fan, people who respond to our journalism, people who tune to us when there's something going on in the world,” said Andrew Morse, executive vice president and chief digital officer at CNN. "At its heart, CNN+ will be about...