Posted on 06/13/2018 5:18:46 PM PDT by Magnatron
ith AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner now poised to close in a matter of days, it’s come time for the anticipated parlor games regarding who from the latter institution will be sticking around under the new regime. As I reported yesterday, a number of departures are expected within Time Warner’s C-suite, and other personnel shuffles are likely to occur at the company’s operating divisions, such as CNN parent Turner Broadcasting. In some cases, sources told me, the details are still being worked out. But a day after a federal judge gave the green light for the deal to move forward, I can now confirm the name of at least one high-profile Time Warner figure who isn’t going anywhere: CNN boss Jeff Zucker.
I’ve learned that the veteran broadcast executive, who has served as president of Time Warner’s cable news channel since 2013, signed a new deal several months ago that will keep him at CNN through the 2020 election. CNN’s wall-to-wall coverage of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign juiced ratings, and the network’s adversarial coverage of the Trump presidency has infuriated the president, with Trump and his cronies frequently attacking Zucker’s army of journalists. (As my colleague Gabriel Sherman reported yesterday, Trump recently groused, “I made Jeff Zucker.” He also complained that Chris Cuomo received his own prime-time show.)
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As Maureen Dowd wrote in her article "The Biggest Loser" back in 2010:
“Zucker is a case study in the most destructive media executive ever to exist,” said a honcho at another network. “You’d have to tell me who else has taken a once-great network and literally destroyed it.”
wow
The Communist News Network really does have a death wish.
And how many conservatives will dump ATT?
The search function here sucks...
unbelieveable. The guy is demonstrably a failure, yet his bosses insist on throwing more money at him.
So what is the airport relationship with CNN? Are all airport owners liberals...why is CNN the only thing on...or HLN?
Without that or Soros $, it would be dead.
“Juiced ratings”
Show me the numbers...don’t buy it.
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