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[1] Tapper previously served as a host of Take Five, a political talk show that began airing in March 2001, ending its production shortly before the September 11 attacks.

[2] According to spokeswoman Jennifer Scoggins, Tapper's program would air for sixty minutes in The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer's timeslot.

[3] The move occurred as CNN's ratings in 2012 were behind Fox News and MSNBC;[4] In January 2013, LinkedIn job openings began appearing for Tapper.

The Lead with Jake Tapper was also broadcast via tape-delay on CNN Philippines every Tuesday-Saturday for one hour at 11:00 am, local time from February 15 to July 23, 2016.