CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht is out

[BidenPresident]

Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, announced on Wednesday that he will depart the company.

“I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN,” David Zaslav, the chief executive of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, told CNN employees at the start of the network’s daily editorial call Wednesday.

Licht’s departure, which came days after a devastating 15,000-word profile in The Atlantic, capped a tumultuous year for CNN, marked by layoffs, historically low ratings, and rock-bottom employee morale.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn/index.html

Looks like the network being pro-Trump did not work.

 

[BidenPresident]

The job would prove much more difficult. Ratings plummeted during Mr. Licht’s management and a series of programming miscues — including an ill-fated morning show co-anchored by Don Lemon, as well as organizing a town hall featuring former President Donald J. Trump that was subject to withering criticism — did little to shore up support with his colleagues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/business/media/chris-licht-cnn.html

 

[Lionfish]

Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, announced on Wednesday that he will depart the company.

“I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN,” David Zaslav, the chief executive of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, told CNN employees at the start of the network’s daily editorial call Wednesday.

Licht’s departure, which came days after a devastating 15,000-word profile in The Atlantic, capped a tumultuous year for CNN, marked by layoffs, historically low ratings, and rock-bottom employee morale.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn/index.html

Looks like the network being pro-Trump did not work.

Get woke, go broke.

 

[Yakuda]

Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, announced on Wednesday that he will depart the company.

“I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN,” David Zaslav, the chief executive of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, told CNN employees at the start of the network’s daily editorial call Wednesday.

Licht’s departure, which came days after a devastating 15,000-word profile in The Atlantic, capped a tumultuous year for CNN, marked by layoffs, historically low ratings, and rock-bottom employee morale.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn/index.html

Looks like the network being pro-Trump did not work.

Could you please cite a "pro trump" story from CNN?

 

[Yakuda]

Get woke, go broke.

I like the last line of that person's post. I had a good chuckle. I guess maybe bud light is "pro trump" too.

 

[Earl]

Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, announced on Wednesday that he will depart the company.

“I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN,” David Zaslav, the chief executive of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, told CNN employees at the start of the network’s daily editorial call Wednesday.

Licht’s departure, which came days after a devastating 15,000-word profile in The Atlantic, capped a tumultuous year for CNN, marked by layoffs, historically low ratings, and rock-bottom employee morale.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn/index.html

Looks like the network being pro-Trump did not work.

"Looks like the network being pro-Trump did not work."

This belongs in the Smithsonian.

 

[Yakuda]

"Looks like the network being pro-Trump did not work."

This belongs in the Smithsonian.

Isn't it amazing how hate can make someone appear so incoherent? I've asked for an example of the pro trump reporting on CNN but haven't yet received any response. There are probably too many to pick from.

 

[ExpressLane]

Get woke, go broke.

CNN is dying.

 

[Nordberg]

Fox is dying. Truth Social is dying.

 

[BidenPresident]

Fox is dying. Truth Social is dying.

Do Americans need another network to give Trump free air time?! Licht tried to make CNN another FOX and failed.

 

[ExpressLane]

Fox is dying. Truth Social is dying.

Fox has more viewers than CNN

 

[Hawkeye10]

Complete collapse is a just result of how CNN betrayed their journalism duties.

 

[floridafan]

Complete collapse is a just result of how CNN betrayed their journalism duties.

You must watch a lot of CNN.

 

[LurchAddams]

Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, announced on Wednesday that he will depart the company.

“I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN,” David Zaslav, the chief executive of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, told CNN employees at the start of the network’s daily editorial call Wednesday.

Licht’s departure, which came days after a devastating 15,000-word profile in The Atlantic, capped a tumultuous year for CNN, marked by layoffs, historically low ratings, and rock-bottom employee morale.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn/index.html

Looks like the network being pro-Trump did not work.

Steve Schimdt talked about the Atlantic article on his YouTube podcast, "The Warning" about Licht's disservice to CNN last week:

 

[Nordberg]

Fox has more viewers than CNN

Dropped half the viewership. https://www.salon.com/2023/04/28/it...-half-of-audience-after-axing-tucker-carlson/

 

[Hawkeye10]

Trust once destroyed through extensive lying is very hard to retrieve. This is where CNN finds itself. They did this to themselves.