David Vigilante is Executive Vice President and Head of Legal for CNN and TNT Sports. Vigilante’s responsibilities include serving as chief counsel for CNN’s worldwide operations, as well as legal oversight of all U.S. based sports brands and programming owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery, such as the NBA on TNT, NHL on TNT, MLB on TBS, Bleacher Report, March Madness and NCAA.com.

David co-founded CNN’s first in-the-industry drone news gathering business, CNN AIR, which was the driving force in creating the legal framework for commercial use of drones over people. In 2023 David led CNN’s efforts to create CNN’s new 24-hour streaming service, CNN Max.

David occasionally contributes to CNN, and in 2013 was awarded the national Edward R. Murrow Award for writing.

He is a 1993 graduate of Emory Law School and is based in Atlanta.