🇮🇩 CNN Indonesia

About CNN Indonesia

CNN Indonesia is a 24-hour Indonesian news channel and digital portal owned by PT Trans Media Corpora, a subsidiary of CT Group, under a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery (parent company of CNN). CT Group is controlled by businessman Chairul Tanjung, and Trans Media maintains full operational and editorial control.

While CNN Indonesia operates under a CNN license, implying global journalistic standards, its content is produced locally and is subject to Indonesia's media environment. Media watchdogs highlight a challenging press freedom situation in Indonesia, with Reporters Without Borders ranking the country 127th out of 180 in 2025, indicating a 'difficult situation' due to declining journalist safety, intimidation, and economic pressures. Freedom House also notes legal and regulatory restrictions, including defamation laws, and physical and digital attacks on journalists. There have been reported incidents, such as the dismissal of journalists and a temporary ban of a reporter from presidential events, raising concerns about press freedom and corporate influence. Ground News rates CNN Indonesia's factuality as 'Unknown', and no definitive bias ratings from major media analysis organizations are widely available.