The company’s new leaders — which includes a longtime aide to Warner Bros. Discovery’s C.E.O., David Zaslav — are trying to move on from the stormy tenure of CNN’s former leader Chris Licht.
Category: News and News Media
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Who Are the 4 People Running CNN Now?
The network will be managed on an interim basis by a group of executives.
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Does CNN’s Turmoil Mean There’s No Room on Cable for Independent News?
Chris Licht’s tenure illuminated how increasingly hard it can be to find success on the divided cable news dial.
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David Zaslav Picked Chris Licht to Revamp CNN. Now What?
Mr. Zaslav, the head of Warner Bros. Discovery, must find a new leader who shares his vision for the network and can figure out its financial future.
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A Timeline of 18 Tumultuous Months at CNN That Led to Licht’s Firing
The cable news network has struggled to weather a series of controversies, which culminated this week in the sudden departure of its chairman, Chris Licht, after a chaotic run at the top.
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Los Angeles Times to Cut More Than 10% of Newsroom
“The restructuring stems from the same persistent economic headwinds facing news media across the country,” the executive editor said in an email to the staff.
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Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter
The 10-minute video was similar to a stripped-down version of his former Fox program.
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A Reporter Investigated Sexual Misconduct. Then the Attacks Began.
After publishing an exposé, journalists in New Hampshire faced broken windows, vulgar graffiti and a legal brawl, with important First Amendment implications.
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Hundreds of Gannett Journalists Walk Out
The union representing the company’s newsroom employees has urged a vote of no-confidence against the C.E.O. at a shareholder meeting on Monday.
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Chuck Todd to Leave ‘Meet the Press’
He will be succeeded by Kristen Welker, NBC’s chief White House correspondent and the co-anchor of “Weekend Today.”
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Jeff Zucker’s View From Outside CNN: He Could Do Better
It’s been more than a year since he was forced from the top job at the network. Since then, he has made no secret of his frustrations with his exit — or his low regard for the man who replaced him, Chris Licht.