bloodbath at cnn, hln: axing of 550 jobs 'imminent'

Breitbart Big Journalism ^ | August 25, 2014 | JOHN NOLTE

[Hojczyk]

Today's news of a coming bloodbath at CNN and HLN is a reminder that while CNN has been able to use the unrest in Ferguson to race-bait its way to better ratings, everyone knows that's temporary.

Without something that allows the left-wing network to appeal to the lowest common denominator, CNN is almost certain to fall back into the ratings basement until something else comes along for the network to cynically exploit. So here come the layoffs and buyouts.

In the headline, The Wrap describes these layoffs as "imminent':

Some 550 buyouts are to be offered at Time Warner's Turner network this week, including a large number of those at CNN and HLN, which will lead to layoffs if they are not taken voluntarily, according to an individual with knowledge of the network's plans.

The buyouts will come across the Turner division, with a couple of hundred expected at CNN and HLN, the individual said.

A CNN spokeswoman had no immediate comment. …

HLN has been struggling in the ratings, regularly finishing fourth in total viewers and in primetime across the key cable news demo, viewers 25-54. It did edge out MSNBC in the demo across a total day measurement in 2014's second quarter.

CNN's ratings have been doing well during times of big, national breaking news — but the cable news net regularly ranks far behind Fox News and battles with MSNBC probably more than it would prefer. This fits with a report from the Atlanta Journal Constitution Monday that

CNN chief Jeff Zucker is preparing staffers for the bloodletting:

CNN chief Jeff Zucker recently shared not so encouraging words with some of the news operation’s employees, many of whom have been bracing for potential jobs cuts.

[xp38]

Whatever happened to Lynn Russell? Well here is what wiki has to say.

After CNN

In 2005, Russell accompanied her then-husband, who had recovered from his illness, to Toronto, Canada, where she focused on writing, but kept her hand in the media. From 2006 to 2008, she was an anchor on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television network CBC Newsworld. From 2008 to 2010, she hosted a radio program on Toronto station Newstalk 1010. She also acquired an Ontario real estate license and traded in real estate with a brokerage there.[citation needed]

She currently divides her time among Washington, DC, Toronto and Atlanta.

I occasionally listened to her radio show here and her over the air voice is quite compelling as well. :)

[xp38]

oh also found this on wiki

Other[edit]

1993 to present: Private Detective in the State of Georgia.[citation needed] She maintains a strict level of privacy for her clients. When her favorite interviewer, the legendary Tom Snyder, asked her to appear on the final week of his program, The Late, Late Show on CBS, to discuss some of her most celebrated cases, she declined because of privacy concerns, and was[who?] bitterly disappointed.

1996 to 2005: Deputy Sheriff in Fulton County, Georgia, Reserve Division.[citation needed] Besides Jail Officer, her duties included traffic, appropriations, communications and courthouse security during the trial of former Black Panther H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin), now serving a life sentence for the murder of a Fulton County deputy.

From 2010: Storyteller In Residence at Centennial College School of Journalism, in Toronto.[citation needed] Her students are Centennial College undergraduates, as well as University of Toronto post-graduate sports journalism students.

Russell has two black belts in the Korean-American martial art of Choi Kwang Do.[citation needed] She is certified as an open water SCUBA diver (NAUI), and keelboat sailor.[citation needed]

She creates very high-end, one-of-a-kind Italian silk lampshades, and markets them through Benevento Lampshade Company.[citation needed]

Russell retains her passion for red lipstick, although she was prevailed upon by Turner Security to cease wearing it on CNN, after some male viewers thought she was sending them messages with the color.[citation needed] She sells her version of red lipstick, Lynne Russell Red, as well as other favorites on www.lynnerussell.com

[HandyDandy]

If Laurie Due is eye candy, Lynne Russell was a banana split with nuts, whipped cream and a cherry on top. She was “womanly”.

[Redcitizen]

Good post! :)