CNN's brand-new CEO is...gone!

[RoryN]

Breaking.

That's what you get for having a Trump "town hall".

 

[Bn2f]

Interesting little side note:

https://nypost.com/2022/06/27/cnn-boss-chris-licht-biden-saved-my-life-after-aneurism/amp/

 

[DeluxAuto]

I heard Elmo is looking for a new Twitter boss.

 

[Bn2f]

In the wake of Dominion and with people demanding truth and journalistic integrity, you decided that CNN would best serve its viewers by platforming Trump and Ramaswamy. For me though, the worst was agreeing to let Trump have only his MAGAs in the audience.
Good riddance Chris Licht! You lasted 3 Scaramucci’s.

 

[Dribble]

Wise choice. Lesson to Fox...it starts at the top

 

[RoryN]

Wonder if this means Don Lemon will return?

 

[KeithD]

Wonder if this means Don Lemon will return?

I wonder if they now will allow the anchors to sit down behind a desk and not have to walk around and fill in banter across three of them.

 

[butters]

good to hear... perhaps CNN might begin recouping its integrity in programming and hosts

i can hear some of the former, as well as current, hosts laughing

Chris Licht, the embattled CEO of the cable news network, is out at the company, effective immediately.

The news, first reported by trade publication Puck and confirmed by CNN's parent, Warner Bros. Discovery, comes five days after Licht was the subject of a devastating profile in The Atlantic. The 15,000-word article portrayed him as an ineffectual leader presiding over a "meltdown" at the news organization, including a widely-criticized town hall featuring former President Donald Trump, plummeting ratings and crashing morale among top anchors and correspondents.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/e...1&cvid=276511c7f91c4e249258aa3b5a4491d2&ei=13

In a staff meeting Wednesday, Zaslav told CNN employees, "I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN. ... For a number of reasons, things didn't work out, and that's unfortunate. It's really unfortunate. And ultimately, that's on me, and I take full responsibility for that. But now we begin a new page. This is an extraordinary organization." Zaslav said it would take several months to install a permanent leadership team.

Until then, an interim replacement team includes Amy Entelis, a longtime CNN executive who oversaw CNN Films; Virginia Moseley, EVP of editorial; Eric Sherling, executive VP of U.S. programming; and David Leavy, who was named chief operating officer last Thursday and will oversee business operations.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Interesting little side note:

https://nypost.com/2022/06/27/cnn-boss-chris-licht-biden-saved-my-life-after-aneurism/amp/

That was an interesting story. Thank you for sharing that one.