Posted on 05/18/2010 2:20:19 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
Breaking: News emerging that CNN's Campbell Brown will leave the network. Mediaite's Steve Krakauer reports that CNN has granted Brown's request to be let out of her contract early, and that Brown will remain as primetime anchor of her eponymous show until a replacement is found:
A source with knowledge of the situation tells Mediaite Brown made the request months ago -- and before all the 'how to fix CNN' articles began rolling out. We hear she originally lobbied for the 7pmET opening, with the thinking the show would work better at an earlier hour (and without the Bill O'Reilly/Keith Olbermann competition). The plan was denied by CNN, she asked for her release. A CNN spokesperson would not confirm the report and told TVNewser, "A lot has been written and said about CNN lately. We don't comment on speculation."
The NYTimes' Brian Stelter confirmed the news with an unnamed source.
Brown joined CNN in 2007 after 11 years at NBC News. At the time, Brown told TVNewser, "What I am doing carries risk, but I wanted the challenge."
HAHAHAHA!
Campbell Brown is going DOWN!!!
Maybe CNN will hire Anderson Cooper’s black boyfriend and give him her spot.
Competition? Competition? You've got to be kidding?!!!! (John McEnroe-esque)
Maybe she can ask WRIC if they will take her back. Poor baby....
She can come over to my place so long as she promises never to say anything.
..she is a cutie.
Campbell who??????
I don’t know what she looks like!
I wouldn’t worry about her. I am sure she can find a position as spokesperson in the Obama administration.
Oh too bad ... I had hoped it would be a non Brown person who was let go.
WIll anyone notice?
It would be nice if CNN could report from where ever are troops are...in SK, Germany, all the places we do charity and peace keeping.
Regular news from Israel, Lebanon, Syria, ect.
Poor CNN, looks they’re soon to experiencing a Brown-out over there.
Now, if only Fox can resist hiring her.
Campbell Brown was on CNN?
What next for her? Porn?
Campbell who? What’s a CNN?
Schee speaksch schort of schtrange.
Let’s hope Sheppard Smith moves over from Fox to CNN. Otherwise Anderson Cooper, D-Fagola, will be broadcasting 360 hours a week.
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