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.
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happy days ahead
"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."
this made me smile...so true.
Contributions from Jemele Hill, Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper and more! Who wouldn’t pay to see fake news from those folks?
Asspress losers spraying golden paint on a nest of turds.
Dang! I sure thought that would be a steaming success. 💩
Wallass, you chose poorly.
I guess it’s hard to keep running when you only have a dozen subscribers.
ENJOY THE SUCK CNN!
Chris will cry himself to sleep.
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’.
Nobody [sane] watches CNN, and it’s free; who is going to pay to be lied to?
Seriously, who in the past 15 years has flipped past CNN and thought, “I need more of that! I’ll even pay for it!”
Ha-ha!
(that had attracted stars like Chris Wallace)
😄😂🤣😆😁😄😃😀😂😅🤣🤣
Yay!
Do you mean to tell me that 150,000 people actually signed up for that thing???
Chuckle.
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).
Not "people". 149,000 of them were bots.
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