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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Chris Licht's CNN tenure could have turned out differently if he kept CNN+, which was likely doomed but represented hope for the network's transition to digital — - CNN is seeking a new CEO after Chris Licht left the company following a series of missteps.
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Loree Seitz / The Wrap:
Analysis: advertisers spent $313M on CNN from January to April 2023, down 39% YoY from $513M, while the number of advertisers fell 23% YoY from 2,700 to 2,100 — The number of advertisers on the network also dropped 23% from the first four months of 2022 — CNN's ad revenue fell nearly 40% year …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: CNN's Ad Money Took a Massive Hit Under Chris Licht, Study Shows
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger: CNN Ad Revenue Dropped Almost 40% Under Licht: Report
Brian Stelter / Washington Post:
CNN insiders wonder what David Zaslav wants the network to be, given that cable news viewers don't agree on basic facts and extremist attitudes shape politics — Brian Stelter, a former media reporter for CNN and the New York Times, is the author of three books, including the forthcoming …
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: The Questions Chris Licht's Critics Don't Want to Answer
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The recruiters of CNN's next CEO should pose this question to every candidate: What should an anchor do when a guest says something untrue? Here's my brand-new piece for @washingtonpost: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Clinch / @davidclinchnews: I would rephrase the question to “What would do as the leader of CNN to prepare your anchors and reporters for what to do when politicians or others lie on the network? And, how will you prepare the audience to help them understand your approach?” https://twitter.com/...
Francisca Skoknic / @skoknic: “What should an anchor do when a guest says something untrue?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “If you try to be all things to all people, you're not anything to anybody.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kathleen Schmidt / @kathmschmidt: “Good TV is not always good journalism, and good journalism is not always good TV.” Excellent, nuanced piece by @brianstelter https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Will WBD ensure CNN can operate, from an editorial standpoint, independent of the parent company?” That's one of the Q's in @oliverdarcy's media newsletter tonight: https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
Chris Suellentrop / @suellentrop: Among the interesting things @brianstelter wrote today https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]
Omar Mohammed / @shurufu: Why doesn't CNN in the US just emulate what CNN International does? CNN International is a powerhouse of journalism and it's where some terrific journalists such as @amanpour, @IamArwaDamon, @richardquest @janearraf et al international correspondents flourished. https://twitter.com/...
Franklin Harris / @franklinh3000: Can we first get anchors who don't say things that are untrue, then worry about dealing with untruthful guests? https://twitter.com/...
Tim Carney / @tpcarney: What should the network do when an anchor says something untrue? Cuomo's lies never got corrected. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Backstory: I pitched this column to the Post before Licht was fired. I rewrote it today to note that Licht was never fully in charge of the network. His boss David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, was — and still is...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Journalists and other employees up and down CNN are wondering what Zaslav wants the network to be. Many are concerned that he will remain committed to a “both sides” vision that sounds strategically wise in the boardroom but tactically fails on live TV...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The point: There is no way to turn the clock back to 1995. We live in an age that requires a muscular form of TV journalism, one that defends truth against a torrent of lies — and accepts that the truth-telling will spur backlash from some viewers...
Dr. Danna Young / @dannagal: Smart analysis from @brianstelter. And the answer to “what should an anchor do when a guest says something untrue?” will serve as a litmus test for whether or not a network will be exploited by authoritarian populists. https://twitter.com/... [image]
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: @brianstelter Here's a text the staff can use to begin that discussion. It's Jake Tapper on CNN (with Berman and Keilar, May 4 2021): “If they're willing to lie [about] the election, what are they not willing to lie about? Why should I put any of them on TV?” https://transcripts.cnn.com/ ... [image]
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: CNNers hope to hear from Zaslav about all this. They are wondering, as one on-air personality put it, if Licht's exit represents “a real change of direction” or if Zaslav will just “find someone more competent & less obnoxious to execute the same vision.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: “We live in an age that requires a muscular form of TV journalism, one that defends truth against a torrent of lies — and accepts that the truth-telling will spur backlash from some viewers,” writes @brianstelter https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Daniel D'Addario / Variety: Chris Licht Made CNN Into the Ultimate Media Reality Show
Peter Kafka / Vox:
CNN's next manager and current owner need to be realistic about what the company can do and stop pretending “neutrality” will fix cable news' structural issues
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times: Does CNN's Turmoil Mean There's No Room on Cable for Independent News?
Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting: Media's less glamorous future
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine: Was Everybody Always Out to Get Chris Licht?
Parker Herren / Ad Age: What Chris Licht's CNN exit means for advertisers
David A. Graham / The Atlantic: Chris Licht's Fundamental Mistake
Tanner Stening / Northeastern Global News: Why is Chris Licht leaving CNN? Is his ouster proof that cable news is on its way out?
Rat King / @mikeisaac: this was good and visual licht might have survived the Atlantic piece if it wasn't followed up with days of the top talent going to zazlav's new guy and saying “Chris has to go” — a mix of self-inflicted+coordinated antagonism lose the rank and file and your days are numbered https://twitter.com/...
Ann Coulter / @anncoulter: Fascinating inside account of Chris Licht's downfall at CNN. https://nymag.com/...
@bulwarkonline: “Running shows for Stephen Colbert and Joe Scarborough is not the same as running an international cable news network that has proven time and again that it is an indispensable, fundamental part of the media ecosystem.” https://plus.thebulwark.com/ ...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: By the time Licht was gone, there wasn't a wet eye in the house. But there are structural problems in going after a chill audience in an industry defined by niches and passions. And then there's the way Zaslav & Licht went about it. Some good insights from @jimrutenberg https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: A bunch of previously unreported details on CNN+'s final days here: https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Yes, it's possible to have — and worth trying to create — independent, unaligned, fact-based, pro-truth, and pro-democracy cable news. https://www.nytimes.com/... Just stop trying to find it along some imaginary middle ground you thought you saw in the mirror. [image]
@dankennedy_nu: After CNN fired Jeff Zucker, I offered some ideas for @gbhnews about how to reinvent the network. With Chris Licht now gone, I'm dusting them off and offering them again: https://www.wgbh.org/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: You can't both-sides lies and criminality in a democracy. Period. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: Sources: https://www.c-span.org/... brief, cogent, correct summary by @GrahamDavidA of the @cnn problem: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@systemupdate_: In honor of Chris Licht's short tenure at CNN: Let's all take a moment to remember the even shorter-lived debacle that was CNN+. Perhaps the stupidest and most expensive flop in the history of cable news ❤️ https://twitter.com/... [video]
@jeffjarvis: Lord, the credulity. CNN is not independent. It's under Zaslav's thumb, driving it to the right under the cover of “centrism” in—another trope—polarization. See @perrybaconjr instead. Does CNN's Turmoil Mean There's No Room on Cable for Independent News?https://www.nytimes.com/ ...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: this is a weird take given CNN's “centrist folly” is a mandate from Discovery CEO Zaslav and Chairman John Malone Licht was just a waterboy for billionaires who don't want a cable news outlet with the backbone to genuinely speak truth to power or wealth https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@forbes: “Talent... you have to get it right on a cable news network. It's all about the people.” @standupkid joins @_brittanylewis on Forbes Newsroom to discuss Chris Licht being removed as CNN's CEO and the Atlantic article. https://www.forbes.com/... [video]
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: “Licht fell victim to the same fallacy as many other media figures, from moguls to reporters to critics: They overestimate the power of the press, believing it to be the dominant force shaping American society.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: “Less than 10 million people watch cable news nightly; 155 million voted in the 2020 election. There simply aren't enough rabid news consumers who are also staunch centrists to sustain a network.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Yair Rosenberg / @yair_rosenberg: Lots of truth bombs about the media and its limits in this @GrahamDavidA piece on CNN: -It's impossible to create a cable news network for normal people b/c normal people don't watch cable news -The media reflects the public more than it shapes the public https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Bhumi Tharoor / @bhumikatharoor: “Licht's catastrophic tenure is a shame, not only because CNN is one of the largest and most important reporting organizations in the country, but also because the role it used to play in the American media was valuable.” @GrahamDavidA https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@goldietaylor: They are truly looking for “neutrality.” They want Fox News w/o the stench of hate speech. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “...There's no cheering section for ‘neutrality,’ despite what media executives and some journalists may insist.” https://www.vox.com/...
Yaya Dubin / @jadubin5: Correct. https://www.vox.com/... [image]
Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: Firing Chris Licht won't fix CNN by @pkafka https://www.vox.com/... // There's something interesting about the blowback from within the ranks over giving all candidates for president the same type of forum or trying to be neutral.
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: New from me: The problem the next Chris Licht can't solve. https://twitter.com/...
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: A Timeline of Chris Licht's Shaky Tenure at CNN
Aaron McDade / Insider: 'That's on me': Warner Bros Discovery CEO sends email to CNN employees taking responsibility for Chris Licht disaster
Rachyl Jones / Observer: CEO Chris Licht Is Out, CNN Exec Team Takes Over
Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN CEO Chris Licht confirms he plans to step down after 13 months, following a damning Atlantic profile last week and the Donald Trump town hall in May 2023
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Ted Johnson / Deadline: What's Next For CNN: Network's Challenges Remain Even After Chris Licht's Departure
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Bulletin: Chris Licht is out at CNN.
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: UPDATE @PuckNews: Chris Licht comms chief Kris Coratti cleaned out office last night and has told staff she expects to leave. Veteran CNN P.R. guru Matt Dornic also likely out. Licht's biz chief Chris Marlin and CoS Devan Cayea likely out this week as well https://puck.news/... https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: 🚨 SCOOP @PuckNews: CNN C.E.O. Chris Licht will soon step down. Amy Entelis will serve as interim leader. Announcement could come as early as today. Full story: https://puck.news/...
Ari Fleischer / @arifleischer: The press is out to lunch and in the tank. Brian Stelter writes here, “We live in an age that requires a muscular form of TV journalism, one that defends truth against a torrent of lies..” He never mentions collusion, the Steele dossier, or Adam Schiff. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Insider: CNN management focused on ‘listening’ and ‘getting back to work’ as the network moves on from Chris Licht
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: David Zaslav Picked Chris Licht to Revamp CNN. Now What?
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A little bit of backstory here. @TheAtlantic story about Chris Licht shocked many staffers, but the people who worked closest with Licht weren't surprised, they were relieved. They felt like the “absolute truth” had finally been compiled and would now have to be addressed.
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: ‘House on fire’: CNN staffers celebrate Chris Licht exit but fear the future
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Licht went to Iowa for Sunday's town hall and declared on Monday that he would “fight like hell” to regain the staff's trust. Some high-level CNNers thought it was strange since they already knew his days were numbered. And they were right. What a sad story.
Mark Harris / @markharrisnyc: Some amazing details here, none more baffling than that Zaslav fired Licht at 7 a.m. on a walk. In Central Park. TODAY. Someone explain to me how this is 4D master-of-the-universe chess, and not just weird beyond measure. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: UPDATE: CNN PR leaders Kris Coratti & Matt Dornic are now officially out. @PuckNews https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “People realize Chris was doing what David and John Malone wanted him to do at CNN, and that is not going to change,” an industry insider told @tedstew https://deadline.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Chris Licht's CNN career ended in Central Park this morning, on a 7 a.m. walk with his neighbor David Zaslav. Our full @nytimes report: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Shannon Thaler / New York Post: ‘Laughing’ Don Lemon won't return to CNN under ‘any scenario’ despite Chris Licht's exit: source
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap: New CNN Leadership to Staff: Now It's Time to ‘Meet the Moment’
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A new bit of reporting in my piece for the @washingtonpost: The men and women who were, until Wednesday, Chris Licht's lieutenants feel like the past year's worth of programming decisions have confused the CNN audience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “In terms of the editorial posture” of CNN, David Zaslav's “conviction has not changed. The faith in Chris Licht to execute the editorial vision changed,” @dylanbyers says on “The Powers That Be” podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/...
Mariam Ahmed / Talking Biz News: Licht out as CNN's CEO: Our TBN roundup of reaction
Ben Smith / @semaforben: My take on the big picture of CNN, and the decline of cable as a cultural force https://www.semafor.com/...
@semafor: Licht's departure is on its surface a management debacle, @semaforben writes. But it's also a strategic debacle in which cheap talk about shifting CNN from anti-Trump confrontation toward an imagined center simply didn't find an audience. https://www.semafor.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 3/ Zaslav: “For a number of reasons, it didn't work out. And that's on me, I take full responsibility.” “We have put a transition team in place. It's effective immediately ... The acting leadership team will be Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley and Eric Sherling.
Doug Jones / @dougjones: So aside from the fact that it's really weird for CNN to cite an unnamed source at CNN to break this story, most people probably agree that it's about damn time. It has been sad to watch my friends at CNN either do their best to adapt to the disastrous direction Licht was taking... https://twitter.com/...
@lauralesliewral: Pretty sure The Atlantic piece by @TimAlberta was the final straw. What a fantastic story. Maybe Licht's successor could be someone who actually knows something about political news for 2024? (Unrelated, please bring back Tucci in Italy, CNN.) https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: NEW: Kris Coratti, CNN's chief spokesperson, is said to be leaving, according to two people familiar with the matter. WBD may make other announcements regarding staffing and public relations I am told
@philipterzian: The problem runs deeper than Chris Licht's presence or Don Lemon's absence: Long ago @CNN switched from being a cable-news version of the old @AP to an upscale facsimile of @MSNBC. Its long, slow, inevitable demise cannot (and should not) be reversed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: NYT describes when/where/how Licht was fired: https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: MORE: David Zaslav confirms @PuckNews scoop on CNN's 9 a.m. call: “I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN. We are in the process of conducting a wide search internally and externally for a new leader. The intention is that it will take a while.” https://puck.news/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Confirming @DylanByers report. Licht plans to step down as CEO. Story coming in @axios
Maria Shriver / @mariashriver: Big media news https://twitter.com/...
Peggy Mollson / @molllllusk: tom wambsgans I can see your future https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Strong coverage by @OliverDarcy today and every day. Reporting on CNN *on* CNN, he says Chris Licht's ouster caps a year of “shrinking profits, programming missteps and low employee morale,” and the interim leadership team wants to “get back to the news,” not be the news. [video]
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: .@jaketapper, to me: “I want the coverage of CNN to be on our journalism.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Richard Signorelli / @richsignorelli: MAGA David Zaslav, CEO of CNN's parent, Warner Bros, needs to go next. Still will not watch. Chris Licht Is Out at CNN, Ending a Brief and Chaotic Run https://www.nytimes.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Zaslav started seriously mulling relieving Licht of his duties as CNN chief over the weekend, after The Atlantic's brutal profile had crystalized existing concerns about his leadership, I'm told. The final decision was made earlier this week. Licht was informed Wednesday morning.
Jamie Stelter / @jamiestelter: I was in the car with @brianstelter last weekend — we drove over 10 hours total, 9+ of those were filled with former colleagues from CNN calling him to vent, saying there is no way this guy could stay. I knew by Sunday that Licht was out.
David Folkenflik / NPR: CEO Chris Licht ousted at CNN after a year of crisis
Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze: Lol Dornic. https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: chris licht: the latest in a line of media leaders who burned their own house down with their determination to be antiwoke and prove their “independence” from liberals who criticize them on twitter
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: CNN's 9am editorial call is starting a little bit late. Top lieutenants learned of Chris Licht's exit earlier this morning. So there's obviously a lot going on.
Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff: i know someone looking for an opportunity at a struggling media empire [image]
Ben Jacobs / @bencjacobs: I volunteer as tribute to half run CNN—have already programmed it in the group texts and ready to bring my vision to the world https://www.semafor.com/... [image]
Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin: This @semaforben take on Licht within broader fragmentation of media is so good. Side note, many outlets (including CNN under Zucker) thought “Huh, how can we incorporate MAGA contributors to broaden our appeal?” There's a reason it's never worked! https://www.semafor.com/...
Eugene Scott / @eugene_scott: “Licht's departure is on its surface a management debacle ... But it's also a strategic debacle in which cheap talk about shifting CNN from anti-Trump confrontation toward an imagined center simply didn't find an audience.” https://www.semafor.com/...
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: The Merciless Fall of Chris Licht
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: This article mentions in passing that at CNN, with ratings way down and cable TV generally in peril, profits were way down last year to a mere $750 million. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Zaslav says that, effective immediately in the interim, the acting CNN leadership team is Amy Entelis, Virginia Mosely, and Eric Sherling. David Leavy will continue on business side as COO. “I have great confidence in this group,” Zaslav says.
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Very insightful piece on the CNN news from @semaforben & co: https://www.semafor.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Notably, there has been no comment from Licht. The press release from WBD doesn't have one from him and Zaslav made the announcement on CNN's editorial call, not Licht.
@mattdpearce: Licht managed to alienate everybody at CNN and people might think giving a magazine profile access was fatally stupid, but my experience of the media industry says all of this would have been irrelevant to a boss' longevity if he had made ratings go up instead of down.
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: The main problem with CNN wasn't Chris Licht, it was the Warner Bros Discovery board. And no one can fire that board.
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: @brianstelter The way I'd describe it — The Atlantic piece lost him his job, but it's not **why** he lost his job.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Quoting a CNN veteran: “Things have been bad for a long, long time. The Atlantic took the secret and put it out in the world.” https://twitter.com/...
Cheri Jacobus / @cherijacobus: Zucker started ruining CNN in 2015 by bowing to Trump — even conspiring with him. Licht merely continued it. Remember this? Zucker banned me for Trump after hundreds of appearances over the years. He was covering for Trump. It was sickening. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Belloni / @mattbelloni: Amy is great and her CNN Films division was gutted by Licht. Revenge! https://twitter.com/...
Ahmed Baba / @ahmedbaba_: Chris Licht flew too close to the media malpractice sun. He held on to familiar 2015-2016 media misconceptions—a weird false objectivity that, in effect, leans right. A total misread of the political moment and misunderstanding of what the media ecosystem needs. Good riddance. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: MORE: Chris Licht learned that he'd be leaving CNN early this morning, shortly before we broke the news ahead of the 9 a.m. all-hands meeting. @PuckNews https://twitter.com/...
@modestproposal1: idea CNN has standalone value outside of the bundle protection it receives from the NBA/March Madness on Turner is laughable. If an independent CNN went to MSOs with its viewership, they'd be like you should pay us for carriage, not get $1/mo. Nothing against CNN, just reality. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: FWIW-Sources told Axios that WBD doesn't plan to sell CNN, which was valued at ~$10B in late 2020 —Now, w declining ratings, slowed ad market, & non elex yr, it's likely valued much less —If they were to ever consider selling — which again, no plans rn — it's not the right time
@jeffjarvis: Again, once trust is lost, it cannot be reclaimed. It might be earned but that is difficult. It certainly cannot be fought for, not like hell. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: This is kind of glossed over in the Atlantic profile, but my impression is that Chris Licht had a stellar reputation in no small part for turning CBS This Morning into a serious news broadcast. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: the media business is like the nba in that a few sufficiently high profile workers can essentially fire their boss https://www.wsj.com/... [image]
James O'Brien / @mrjamesob: I find this stuff so much more interesting since Succession! https://twitter.com/...
Richard Bacon / @richardpbacon: Especially when you read the Atlantic article about Licht https://twitter.com/...
Eric Haywood / @erichaywood: Is Anderson Cooper gonna come on TV and scold the audience again https://twitter.com/...
Saagar Enjeti / @esaagar: By all metrics Chris Licht was pretty bad at his job but he will always be a legend for nuking CNN+ on his first day and humiliating everyone at the brand who thought it would work We salute you Chris 🫡
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: I was thinking this but now that Kara has said it I don't feel as stupid over it. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: As noted in here, many of Chris Licht's hand-picked direct reports are likely to follow him out the door, including business strategy chief Chris Marlin, chief of staff Devan Cayea & comms chief Kris Coratti... https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Ok just spitballing on next plot move on Succession: CNN and I say the jaw dropper move is to bring back Zucker. https://twitter.com/... [image]
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: When the profile hit, I called someone in Licht's inner circle and asked, “How can he possibly stay on?” I meant practically speaking. Even if Warner Bros. Discovery thought Licht was the perfect leader for CNN, how could he still lead this staff? The exec was quiet. They knew.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Over the weekend, Chris Licht still claimed there was a path forward for him at CNN. Some people politely tried to tell him that there was no coming back. No recovering. He did not, or could not, believe it.
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: His friends Joe Scarborough and Stephen Colbert both told him not to take the job. He thought he knew better. https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: I like media reporters unleashed. Kudos to @oliverdarcy for doing his job without fear or favor. Give him a raise stat. https://twitter.com/...
Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh: The only acceptable climax to this drama is CNN bringing back Zucker the way Disney brought back Iger https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: now that Chris Licht is out at CNN, he's free to pursue his true passion: roaming the countryside in search of various Republicans he can interview
Brandon Katz / @great_katzby: CNN, like every other TV brand, is also in a pickle bc if they bring all of their A-list material to streaming, they're cannibalizing linear (which still pays the bills, but is declining) and if they don't then it's hard to train audiences to seek out news on streaming. [image]
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: With this shocking news, the American public can continue not knowing who Chris Licht is
Eugene Scott / @eugene_scott: 👇🏿 https://twitter.com/... [image]
Karl Bode / @karlbode: pandering to this country's surging authoritarian movement with feckless reporting that softsells fascism in a bid for illusory symmetry is not the path forward for US journalism, episode 7,000 https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Zaslav: The CEO search “will take months, because I think it's important that things settle down, and we've gotta get it right. We [will] find a great leader, from inside or outside, and off we go.” Notably, Zaslav did not consider inside candidates when he picked Licht last year
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Official announcement: Chris Licht is out. David Zaslav, who picked him without really considering anyone else, now says: “The job of leading CNN was never going to be easy, especially at a time of huge disruption and transformation, and he has poured his heart & soul into it.”
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “They'll be joined on the commercial operating side by David Leavy, who is the COO. That's a group of four. They have full responsibility, effective immediately, for running this great organization that we all love so very much” -Zaslav
Ana Milicevic / @aexm: Just a perfect, succinct analysis from @DylanByers summing up not just CNN but all of the legacy Media Men struggling to come up w/ what comes after linear. And, of course, the disaster cleanup job now goes to a woman + the ‘interim’ title for likely the most capable exec there. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Over 800 people joined that. Normally around 200-400 people join — Zaslav appeared to be reading those remarks from a script. — Now most people have left. Call is not over but now they are going into normal 9am call. — Licht was not in the room. DIdn't get any remarks.
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Zaslav: “I have great confidence in this group and I will fully support them until a new CEO is named. As I said, we're in no rush.”
Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: my lukewarm take is that getting an interview with a powerful person can be a sign of how good or how bad a journalist is, and so bragging about *either* getting or not getting interviews with powerful people, in and of itself, is not a great idea
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: + Zaslav says interim team will be led by Amy Entelis along with Virginia Moseley, Eric Sherling and David Leavy.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Chris has had an amazing career,” Zaslav says, and “poured his heart and soul into this job.” He admits that “for a number of reasons, it didn't work out” and “I take full responsibility.” Zaslav says “We wish him every success and all the best.”
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 1/ THREAD: CNN's morning call, just started, here's what's happening: — So far, a source said, over 750 people have joined (Anyone at the company can technically join the call.) That's a lot more than typically joins. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Lawrence / @ndrew_lawrence: wow i cant believe his plan to draw viewers who have been conditioned for years to hate his network and also demand their tv news person tell ridiculous lies didnt work out https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Katz / @great_katzby: CNN can still be a valuable brand for Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN+, despite its short lifespan, was an embryonic step in figuring out how to make news work on streaming, which no one has fully cracked yet. Streaming is intent based while linear is still very much channel surfing
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 2/ Sitting in the NY conference room right now: — WBD CEO David Zaslav (speaking highly of Chris now) — David Leavy, Amy Entelis, Athan Stephanopoulos, Ryan Kadro, Eric Sherling, Jim Murphy, others
Scott Nover / @scottnover: Chris Licht lasted 12 CNN+s
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: David Zaslav is now addressing the CNN staff. He says “I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN. We're in the process of conducting a wide search, internally and externally, for a new leader.”
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Per a source, David Zaslav is on the editorial call this morning, and is addressing CNN staff now https://twitter.com/...
Ahmed Baba / @ahmedbaba_: Chris Licht was fired because the viewers spoke. The ratings drop in the aftermath of the Trump town hall was steep. Viewers unmistakably showcased that they won't tolerate the same kind of nonsense coverage we endured during the 2016 election. Money talks. Now Chris Licht walks.
Mark Jacob / @markjacob16: If Chris Licht quits, CNN will replace him with someone who wants to paper over anti-democratic threats and both-sides the news just like Licht did. The replacement will simply try to do it more subtly. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Popielarz / @taylorpopielarz: Big development in the cable news world, following weeks of tough headlines about Chris Licht's time as the head of @CNN. (And a story @DylanByers covered meticulously from the start) https://twitter.com/...
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: Chris Licht out at CNN, per Dylan Byers. The internal and external coup is complete. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: I feel very similarly to Dylan, who has masterfully reported on and moved the story forward at every turn, on this note about the lack of foresight into what CNN needs to become, not lean into what it may have been. [image]
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: I can confirm — CNN CEO Chris Licht out after Trump town hall, Atlantic article https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: The lesson to learn from the last year, if you're a news executive, is that no one wants the half-way point between what “people are saying” and the truth. They just want the truth, even if it's temporarily politically inconvenient to call out one side more than the other.
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Licht was JUST thrown a lifeline in David Leavy last week. The next day, The Atlantic profile hit. That killed him. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Once the @TimAlberta story dropped, it was all over but the shouting. And likely would have been anyway https://twitter.com/...
Dorian Lynskey / @dorianlynskey: When an embarrassing profile turns out to be an exit interview https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic: inspiring ...... journalism really can make a difference https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Game of Thrones style, Tim Alberta should become CEO. https://twitter.com/...
David Rothkopf / @djrothkopf: Not a moment too soon. And yet, still too late. https://twitter.com/...
Tanzina Vega / @tanzinavega: Whoa. Entelis is a former ABC exec who had led CNN original content for a few years and is part of the senior leadership team at CNN. (Was hired under Zucker) https://twitter.com/...
@emptywheel: Lesson #2,482,520 that nothing good can come with association with Donald Trump. https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: Suspect the new CEO won't be giving extensive access for an in-depth profile piece. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Major announcement expected at @CNN later this morning.
Justin Peters / Slate: Chris Licht Failed at CNN. And So Did His One Big Idea.
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Chris Licht ousted as CNN chairman as network faces leadership crisis
Brendan Morrow / The Week: CNN CEO Chris Licht steps down after damaging Atlantic profile
Tori Otten / New Republic: Chris Licht Is Out at CNN, After “Centrist” Journalism, Trump Town Hall, and Tanked Ratings
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Chris Licht to step down as president of CNN
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: Chris Licht Out at CNN Amid Trump Town Hall Fallout, Ratings Plunge and Staff Uproar
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Chris Licht Out at CNN After Tumultuous Reign as CEO
Semafor: Chris Licht managed CNN anchors poorly and his push to the political center failed, but the fundamental issue is that cable news is in a broad, secular decline
Dylan Byers / Puck: Sources: Chris Licht plans to step down as CNN CEO in the next 48 hours, replaced by Amy Entelis for an interim period
Trisha Gopal / Insider: Amy Entelis, one of CNN's four interim leaders, joined in 2012, led the original series and documentary unit, and served on the interim team after Jeff Zucker
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: CNN has also let go of Chris Licht's top executives, including comms chief Kris Coratti, head of strategic comms Matt Dornic, and chief of staff Devan Cayea
Jeet Heer / The Nation: How CNN Went From Bad to Worse
Ben Finley / Associated Press:
Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster, the host of The 700 Club television show, and the founder of the global Christian Broadcasting Network, dies at 93 — Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network …
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CBN, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Rolling Stone, Breitbart, @marklevinshow, The Messenger, Los Angeles Times, @thattpro, @stevesilberman, @rondesantis, @700club, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, @miller_congress, @revdaniel, TVLine, Wall Street Journal, @gregpinelo, @oviosu, Just The News, @sentedcruz, Fox News, Associated Press, The Wrap, Politico, Axios, Mediaite, Radio & Television …, Variety and New York Daily News
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Douglas Martin / New York Times: Pat Robertson, Who Gave Christian Conservatives Clout, Is Dead at 93
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN: How Pat Robertson helped create the modern GOP
Jay Michaelson / Rolling Stone: Pat Robertson Is Dead. His Dystopian Legacy Lives On
Mark R. Levin / @marklevinshow: Pat Robertson was a remarkable person who made such an enormous difference in this society. I am deeply sorry to hear of his passing. RIP. https://www2.cbn.com/...
Rebecca Trounson / Los Angeles Times: Pat Robertson, founder of Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, dies
@thattpro: Pat Robertson has died..after the shooting at Orlando gay club, Robertson said “the best thing to do is to sit on the sidelines and let LGBTQ rights advocates and Muslims kill themselves.” So excuse me if I don't give a single F. https://www.nytimes.com/....
Steve Silberman / @stevesilberman: Broadcaster Pat Robertson, who helped replace Christ's gospel of love with the endlessly overflowing sewer of hate, bigotry, nonsense, and lies that is today's Republican Party, has died. https://apnews.com/...
Ron DeSantis / @rondesantis: .@CaseyDeSantis and I are saddened by the loss of Pat Robertson and we join many in lifting his family up in our prayers. https://www2.cbn.com/...
@700club: With great sadness, we announce that Dr. M.G. “Pat” Robertson has gone home to be with his Lord and Savior today. Thank you for your prayers for the Robertson family and the ministry of CBN at this time. For more details on Pat's life and legacy, visit https://now.cbn.com/...
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone: Pat Robertson, Televangelist Who Blamed Gay People for 9/11 and Hurricanes, Dies
Kathryn Harris / Bloomberg: Pat Robertson, Influential Religious Conservative, Dies at 93
Mary Miller / @miller_congress: We pray for the eternal soul of Pat Robertson and ask God to bring comfort to his family. Pat Robertson dedicated his life to spreading the Gospel and serving the Lord. We will miss his voice in these trying times. https://www2.cbn.com/...
@revdaniel: May God's love open his eyes now to the damage he did to so many in Jesus' name. May he know the repentance he demanded of others. May he be welcomed now by the very people he denied would ever be in heaven. Love is greater than fear and hate. https://apnews.com/...
Rebecca Iannucci / TVLine: Pat Robertson, Televangelist and Longtime 700 Club Host, Dead at 93
Greg Pinelo / @gregpinelo: What he actually did was turn Christianity away from the teachings of Jesus toward hate and judgment. His weaponization and politicization of churches has alienated entire generations from faith. He and his ilk *shrank* Christianity in America. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tayo Oviosu / @oviosu: RIP Pat Robertson Love or hate him, he had a major impact on the trajectory of American life and politics. Dare I say the world. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Madeleine Hubbard / Just The News: Christian TV host Pat Robertson dies at 93
Senator Ted Cruz / @sentedcruz: Today, millions of Christians across America and around the world are mourning the loss of Pat Robertson. He was a friend of mine—and his legacy and life were guided through Christ. 1/x https://www2.cbn.com/...
Isabel Keane / Associated Press: Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster, the host of The 700 Club television show, and the founder of the global Christian Broadcasting Network, dies at 93
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap: Pat Robertson, Christian and Conservative TV Institution, Dies at 93
Justin Green / Axios: Far-right televangelist Pat Robertson dies at 93
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: MSNBC Outdoes CNN's Brutal Pat Robertson Obit With Roast-y 49-Second Sendoff That Ends With Barely-Contained Smirk
Chris Gelardi / New York Focus:
The agency that runs New York's prisons rescinds its rules that restricted incarcerated writers, journalists, and artists from publishing without permission — The policy and its sudden reversal will be among Acting Commissioner Anthony Annucci's last acts. — STAY FOCUSED — Submit
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Nieman Lab, The Nation, @niemanlab, @penamerica, @tommy_robb, @lvikkiml and @freedomofpress
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: After exposure by a nonprofit news outlet, New York is rescinding its policy banning most journalism by prisoners
Victoria Law / The Nation: New York's Prison System Abruptly Halts a Policy Censoring Artists and Writers
@niemanlab: Want to feel good about the power of journalism? Take a look at New York Focus, a nonprofit newsroom that looks at state policy. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@penamerica: “This is not the first time prisons have attempted to limit or prevent people from publishing or receiving compensation for their work. @moira_marquis noted that several incarcerated authors that PEN works with cannot get free copies of their own work.” https://www.thenation.com/...
Tom Robbins / @tommy_robb: How it's done: Days after @chrisgelardi and @nysfocus report a draconian new censorship policy aimed at curbing writers and artists behind bars in NYS prisons, officials hit a quick reverse. https://nysfocus.com/...
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Google plans to launch News Showcase, first announced in October 2020, in the US later this summer, alongside partnerships with five local news associations — Partner publications include the Wall Street Journal, AP, Reuters and Bloomberg. — Google will launch the US edition …
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Chris Jansen / The Keyword: New ways Google is helping local news
Zachary McAuliffe / CNET: Google News Showcase Is Coming to the US This Summer
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: Google to Launch Long-Delayed News Showcase Product in U.S. This Summer
Jonathan Kealing / @jkealing: At @INN, we're excited to partner on this initiative with @GoogleNewsInit to bring support and grants of up to $20,000 to nonprofit newsrooms. INN: https://inn.org/... Google: https://blog.google/...
@roughdraftatl: We are proud to be featured as an early partner with @GoogleNewsInit on this elegant Reader Revenue implementation. https://twitter.com/...
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap: Google to Launch ‘News Showcase’ in U.S. This Summer
@google: We're supporting local newsrooms across the U.S. with new @GoogleNewsInit partnerships with 5 news organizations, providing financial grants and training to 1,000 publications. Plus, we're helping audiences find and engage with quality news. Learn more ↓ https://blog.google/...
@googlenewsinit: And we're expanding our audience engagement tool, Reader Revenue Manager, with a new survey feature, allowing publishers to get to know their readers so they can tailor their content and ads to their needs. Learn more about these initiatives: https://blog.google/... (4/4)
Meghann Farnsworth / @mtfarnsworth: Some big @Google news today! So excited for all the investments we're making in local news. https://twitter.com/...
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google News Showcase coming to the US and updates to follow tab on Google News
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: BOOM: Thanks to the @GoogleNewsInit, we at @LIONPubs are expanding our Sustainability Audit and Funding program (also supported by @knightfdn!) and can provide participants with up to $20,000 each. Official announcement from Google: https://blog.google/.......
@googlenewsinit: 📣 Today, @Google is announcing new initiatives to invest in local news organizations across the U.S., supporting the vital role local news plays in our communities. Learn more: https://blog.google/... 🧵(1/4)
David Clinch / @davidclinchnews: #MediaRevenue This is significant new revenue for a lot of local news publishers. Google's reader revenue tool is useful but these news orgs will need access to significantly more shared services in order to turn this money into even greater recurring revenue. https://twitter.com/...
L.A. Times Guild:
Letter: the LA Times Guild says the union would have considered layoff alternatives, like a work-sharing plan, but management offered “no warning or discussion” — Since the Los Angeles Times Guild started negotiating our new contract in September, our bargaining committee has met …
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@latguild, The Wrap, @cshalby, @gaufre, @joebelbruno, @cshalby, @jaylclendenin, @jaylclendenin, @jaylclendenin, @mattwelch, @aehsanipour, @davidcayj, @marinashutup, Variety, @jamesqueallylat, @faithepinho, @byalexzaragoza, @latguild, @weinbergrrrrr, @noah__goldberg, The NewsGuild, Deadline, Cord Cutters News and Los Angeles Times
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@latguild: L.A. Times management's decision to blindside the Guild with proposed layoffs as it neglects bargaining sends a clear message: You don't care about the contract — or us. 🚨Our open letter to management🚨 https://latguild.com/...
Colleen Shalby / @cshalby: Virtually every @latguild member signed this letter to management about the proposed layoffs, which follow 9+ months of contract negotiations where management has been absent. Read it here https://latguild.com/...
@gaufre: L.A. Times Editor Kevin Merida says he's a “team player” and yet he's talking to staff alone in a glass office. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Bel Bruno / @joebelbruno: @gaufre Wait. Am I seeing this right. He zoomed into a conference Room in the same building.
Colleen Shalby / @cshalby: The LA Times announced layoffs for 74 people yesterday, including 57 of my @latguild colleagues. Our newsroom was blindsided with little explanation or any strategy for our future. We are waiting for answers https://twitter.com/...
@jaylclendenin: A town hall with the @latimes newsroom Exec Editor Kevin Merida at one end of the building floor @latguild members at the other #journalism [image]
Matt Welch / @mattwelch: L.A. Times euthanizing its audio division seems like an obviously terrible idea for a large journalism property. https://twitter.com/...
Asal Ehsanipour / @aehsanipour: I'm one of the 70+ people who received a layoff notice. It happened a day after wrapping Foretold, a project I've been helping to write, report, edit + mix for over a year. Every single audio producer + all but one of our engineers was affected by the proposed cuts. I am livid. https://twitter.com/...
David Cay Johnston / @davidcayj: Yo, execs, listening to front line staff can enhance profits. After all, workers overall usually take far more money out of the enterprise than the owners ever will, making them profoundly invested in a healthy business operation. https://twitter.com/...
Marina Watanabe / @marinashutup: Yesterday, @latimes management announced 74 sudden, short-sighted layoffs across the company. This included gutting copy editors, the main social media team, podcasts, the news desk, and more. IMO it seems that POC staff were disproportionately affected. https://latguild.com/... [image]
James Queally / @jamesqueallylat: Maybe it's no surprise @latimes management blindsided us with layoffs. They've been unable to look us the eye at the bargaining table for months. .@meridak has attended 2 sessions since Sept. 2022. Virtually no other newsroom “leader” has shown up. https://latguild.com/...
Faith E. Pinho / @faithepinho: We learned yesterday that @latimes management plans to cut 70+ positions. A day after Foretold wrapped. Just weeks after our colleagues won Pulitzers. And after MONTHS of bargaining that hasn't gone anywhere. The vacuum of leadership is really astounding. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Zaragoza / @byalexzaragoza: “As journalists, we stand for openness and transparency. We expect the same of our company.” As it should be. https://twitter.com/...
@latguild: Asked why @latimes didn't work with the @latguild to find cost savings before proposing layoffs, Merida says: “It's a management responsibility to sort out our financial picture.” In fact, the @latguild worked with management in 2020 to avert 84 layoffs. https://latguild.com/...
Hannah Weinberger / @weinbergrrrrr: “Support staff will be trimmed, including editors on the news© desks as well as the audience engagement team.” @latguild These cuts are awful& I don't know how to explain to execs that AE& editors aren't “support staff,” if they don't get that yet. ✊🏻 https://variety.com/...
Noah Goldberg / @noah__goldberg: “The company has blindsided us with proposed layoffs... and Kevin Merida and newsroom leadership initially only planned to speak with us on Monday, five long days after announcing their intention to upend many of our lives. This is insulting.” @latguild https://latguild.com/...
Jon Schleuss / The NewsGuild: Here's how you can support striking Guild members
Tom Tapp / Deadline: Los Angeles Times Lays Off 13% Of Newsroom Staff; First Major Cuts Under Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong's Ownership
Kayla Wassell / Cord Cutters News: Los Angeles Times Layoffs Reporters & Other Staff
Vulture:
Hollywood insiders reflect on the end of “Peak TV”, kickstarted by Netflix releasing House of Cards, and the possible return of TV shows with broader appeal — If you call a slew of Hollywood's most powerful showrunners, studio chiefs, agents, and operators and ask them to describe …
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Laura Bult / Vox: How streaming caused the TV writers strike
@sorayamcdonald: “We've invited all these fancy artists into the medium, and they look at it like art, not a job.” Ok I hate this. It's infuriating. MAKING ART IS LABOR. IT IS A REAL JOB. https://www.vulture.com/...
Sarah Rebecca Kessler / @moveablejaw: “Many in the industry have conjectured that the streaming ecosystem may eventually shrink to four major platforms. If that's the case, then we'd have sacrificed cable only to replace it with a broadcast-style monopoly.” https://www.vulture.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Thoughtful piece from @TVMoJoe and @lanebrown on the state of the streaming business. Some of these TV writer quotes aren't going to age well. But they are juicy! https://www.vulture.com/...
Michael Damian Thomas / @michaeldthomas: There are many things in this article that also hit home for running a magazine in 2023. https://www.vulture.com/...
Ryan Summers / @oddernod: I've never understood how any of the streaming services actually worked, and as Steven Soderbergh points out, they might just not? https://www.vulture.com/... [image]
Merrill Barr / @merrillbarr: Finally read it. Jesus fucking christ. Tech broke this industry so hard. https://www.vulture.com/...
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: 👀"I mean, I'm sorry, but people seem to really like Two and a Half Men, and none of my writers want to write that. They all want to write Barry. And you know who watches Barry? Nobody." 👀https://www.vulture.com/ ...
Jon Cassar / @joncassar: TV's Streaming Model Is Broken. It's Also Not Going Away. An absolute must read for anyone in the TV business, from show runners to production assistants. How streamers have changed the economics of an age old business and what it means for our future https://www.vulture.com/...
Hattie Lindert / The A.V. Club: The Field Of Dreams series that never was left a stadium sitting in an Iowa cornfield
Christos Gage / @christosgage: This article implied that fewer episodes means not needing more than one or two writers. The mini-room model depends on writers (including the showrunner) working for free outside the contract term. It's the feature model applied to TV. https://www.vulture.com/...
Kathleen E. Kennedy / @themedievaldrk: “It's absolutely conceivable that the streaming subscription model is the crypto of the entertainment business.” A very interesting article about structural problems that, as Thomas points out, may echo troubles in other industries. https://twitter.com/...
Charlesarthur / The Overspill: Start Up No.2023: Instagram's paedophile problem, more on Apple's Vision Pro, India pauses coal builds, why stream?, and more
Toni Fitzgerald / Forbes: The Reason So Many Favorite Shows Are Leaving The Big Streamers
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr:
[Thread] Morning Consult is “dissolving” its newsroom and putting more emphasis on its analyst team; the changes will impact 2.4% of the company's employees — Some news: I've learned that @MorningConsult is “dissolving” their small newsroom, and will be putting more emphasis on the company's analyst team. About 7 people from the newsroom will be laid off, and then 8 will be given a chance to transition from journalists to analyst team
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Talking Biz News, @matt__kendrick, @kerrymflynn, @bmorrissey, @samsabin923, @ashleyrgold, @allisonlcarter, @jeremymbarr, @aepstein and @mattbracken
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Matthew Kendrick / @matt__kendrick: Morning Consult has decided to eliminate its newsroom and my Global newsletter, effective immediately. I want to thank readers for their attention and support over the last two years. It has been a privilege opportunity to explore the world with you.
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: This is the downside of news as an add-on to other businesses. Easy to cut when times get tight and news isn't your core business. https://twitter.com/...
Sam Sabin / @samsabin923: this absolutely blows — i wouldn't be the reporter i am today if it wasn't for my years in this newsroom 💔 plz hire Matt (one of the best bosses i've had) & everyone else affected today; truly, some of the best in the biz! https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Gold / @ashleyrgold: Okay everyone friggin cool it with the layoffs I am so sad! @morningconsult reporters have done great work over the years 😰😰😰
Allison Carter / @allisonlcarter: Damn shame. I love(d) using Morning Consult's data for PR Daily. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: The changes affect only a 2.4% of employees at the company, which focuses primarily on survey research and analysis. Statement: “We are unifying and scaling our analyst team, aligning our content with the prescriptive analysis our audience and clients have come to expect.”
Adam Epstein / @aepstein: Ending my Twitter sabbatical to report that Morning Consult has decided to eliminate its entire newsroom, so I am out of a job! As are several of my talented colleagues. In retrospect, this week's apocalyptic hellsky should have been a sign.
Matt Bracken / @mattbracken: My time at Morning Consult is up after a surprise ❌ for the newsroom. Major disappointment, but I'm immensely proud of the data/policy journalism we've produced. Huge thanks to @sei_chong for taking a chance on me 4+ years ago to lead health, tech, finance & energy coverage.
Jane Thier / Fortune:
Chris Licht's exit means all major US news organization are now led by women: CNN, ABC News, MSNBC, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News, NYT, WaPo, Reuters, and WSJ — IA DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAGES FOR NEW YORK MAGAZINE — CNN announced on Wednesday that its chairman and CEO Chris Licht is leaving …
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Mediaite, Variety, @protecttruth_, @jbenton, @taraemcg, @jeremarketer, @jason_kint and @blackamazon
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Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite: Every Major Cable and Broadcast News Network Now Run By Women
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Chris Licht Is Gone. The CNN Programs He Approved Are Likely To Stay
Eric Blair / @protecttruth_: Yeah this is wrong. WaPo is ultimately run by male Republican CEO Fred Ryan. He hired Sally Buzbee and could fire her. Same with Lachlan/Rupert Murdoch at Fox and WSJ. Media owners and execs matter, especially in today's for-profit media business. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: FWIW, this math requires counting both the top editorial and business-side slots as the news org's “leader.” Most of these have a male CEO/female editor (like WaPo, WSJ, Reuters, Fortune) or the opposite (like NYT, Fox News). CEOs can fire editors — not the other way around. https://twitter.com/...
Tara McGowan / @taraemcg: well this is *good* news https://fortune.com/...
Jeremy Goldman / @jeremarketer: With Amy Entelis in at CNN over Chris Licht, she joins Kimberly Godwin, Rashida Jones, and a number of other women lead US news orgs. In fact, every single major news org is now led by a woman. https://fortune.com/... via @instapaper
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Love this. Was just discussing with someone a couple of weeks ago at a conference. CNN was the exception and now no longer. Tremendously positive work that will inspire those entering the business while making ongoing impact across product and leadership. https://twitter.com/...
@insiderunion:
[Thread] Insider's union, on Day Seven of a strike, writes owner Axel Springer and its majority stake owner KKR, urging management to bargain with workers — Today, our bargaining committee sent two letters to groups with meaningful influence on Insider: Axel Springer and KKR. We asked them to encourage Insider to give us reasonable counters, a key move toward ending our ULP strike. Here are the letters and their key points: (1/6)
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