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CNN’s streaming service shutting down a month after launch
The Associated Press ^ | April 21, 2022 | By TALI ARBEL and DAVID BAUDER

Posted on 04/21/2022 1:35:12 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is shutting down its CNN+ streaming service less than a month after its launch, a spectacular flameout for a venture that had attracted stars like Chris Wallace and Alison Roman and was seen as a way to attract a new generation of news consumers.

In a memo to employees on Thursday, incoming CNN Chief Executive Chris Licht said consumers wanted “simplicity and an all-in service” rather than stand-alone offerings.

The CNN+ service’s flagship was arguably [Chris] Wallace’s daily interview show, for which he left his previous job as “Fox News Sunday” host. Wallace did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

It also featured programming from food-media star Roman, former NPR host Audie Cornish, ex-NBC News host Kasie Hunt, Jemele Hill, Rex Chapman and current CNN personalities Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper, Sara Sidner and Kate Bolduan. Some of the shows hadn’t even started yet.

Licht is expected to increase CNN’s emphasis on news coverage with less commentary.

He told staff members that the decision was no reflection on the service that they had built.

Licht acknowledged in the staff meeting that the experience with CNN+, at least initially, will have repercussions with personnel and those who might want to come there.

“We have to own the erosion of trust and build it back,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cnn; fakenews; veryfakenews; worthrepeatingx10; yesweknow
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1 posted on 04/21/2022 1:35:12 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

happy days ahead


2 posted on 04/21/2022 1:36:59 PM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Licht told staff members that the decision was no reflection on the service that they had built.

"You guys built a turd and it's failure has nothing with the turd you built. Nope. Not at all. It failed because of Trump."

3 posted on 04/21/2022 1:42:38 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Liberty is an antecedent of government, not a benefit from government” ~ Clarence Thomas)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

this made me smile...so true.


4 posted on 04/21/2022 1:44:11 PM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Contributions from Jemele Hill, Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper and more! Who wouldn’t pay to see fake news from those folks?


5 posted on 04/21/2022 1:44:49 PM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Asspress losers spraying golden paint on a nest of turds.


6 posted on 04/21/2022 1:44:54 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dang! I sure thought that would be a steaming success. 💩


7 posted on 04/21/2022 1:46:21 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wallass, you chose poorly.


8 posted on 04/21/2022 1:47:37 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I guess it’s hard to keep running when you only have a dozen subscribers.

ENJOY THE SUCK CNN!


9 posted on 04/21/2022 1:48:55 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Chris will cry himself to sleep.


10 posted on 04/21/2022 1:54:42 PM PDT by tje
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To: colorado tanker

More like Chris was not enough of a draw to get any more folks. He’s a dud. The failed launch is at least partly due to the inclusion of him as ‘content’.


11 posted on 04/21/2022 2:01:14 PM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nobody [sane] watches CNN, and it’s free; who is going to pay to be lied to?


12 posted on 04/21/2022 2:04:10 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (If you attack the 2nd Amendment, You attack The Constitution!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Seriously, who in the past 15 years has flipped past CNN and thought, “I need more of that! I’ll even pay for it!”


13 posted on 04/21/2022 2:06:00 PM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ha-ha!


14 posted on 04/21/2022 2:08:49 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

(that had attracted stars like Chris Wallace)

😄😂🤣😆😁😄😃😀😂😅🤣🤣


15 posted on 04/21/2022 2:14:48 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yay!


16 posted on 04/21/2022 2:17:00 PM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Do you mean to tell me that 150,000 people actually signed up for that thing???


17 posted on 04/21/2022 2:17:36 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Saints are sinners who never gave up. --Saint Teresa of Avila)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...a venture that had attracted stars like Chris Wallace and Alison Roman.

Chuckle.

18 posted on 04/21/2022 2:22:03 PM PDT by JPG (Boost this.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is it wrong to smile while reading this?

(Rhetorical question)

At long last, is the pendulum finally beginning to swing back?

It took the socialist over 100 years to reach this point so I don’t expect to see much improvement quickly but I do expect to see more push back against the lefts “progressive” ideas for America (and the world).


19 posted on 04/21/2022 2:26:06 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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> Do you mean to tell me that 150,000 people actually signed up for that thing???

Not "people". 149,000 of them were bots.

20 posted on 04/21/2022 2:39:38 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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