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CNN Fires CEO Chris Licht in Major Shakeup
NewsMax ^ | June 7, 2023 | Staff

Posted on 06/07/2023 6:42:13 AM PDT by Red Badger

Chris Licht is out after a year as chief executive at CNN, following a series of missteps and plunging ratings.

David Zaslav, the CEO of CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, announced the leadership change on CNN’s morning editorial call on Wednesday.

Zaslav appointed a four-person leadership team to lead the network in the interim.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chrislicht; cnn
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1 posted on 06/07/2023 6:42:13 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

That Trump townhall really got them, haha.


2 posted on 06/07/2023 6:43:04 AM PDT by cotton1706
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Maybe they could do different things at CNN, such as trying to start a streaming service?

Oh, yes, they’ve been there, done that, and crashed and burned.

Maybe there are other things CNN can do, to revamp their network.


3 posted on 06/07/2023 6:44:18 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Red Badger

I guess they didn’t want him to move the network to the middle and focus on truth over propaganda.


4 posted on 06/07/2023 6:44:28 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger
a four-person leadership team to lead the network

If you want nothing done, form a committee. Three out of the four libs would have to agree to something before the idea moves along. Good luck!

5 posted on 06/07/2023 6:45:37 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Red Badger

Now they can hire back assclowns that were let go and get back to doubling down on lib pushing.


6 posted on 06/07/2023 6:45:51 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
"Maybe they could do different things at CNN, such as trying to start a streaming service?"

If the product sucks, streaming won't work. Out of many factors, one reason for the decline of newspapers (subscriptions) imho is bad work product.

7 posted on 06/07/2023 6:48:11 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: cotton1706

Licht told Trump to “have a good time” just before the debate. I guess he did.


8 posted on 06/07/2023 6:48:41 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: Red Badger

I thought the new network would have been with Licht for the long haul.
Maybe it’s as another poster here just stated, that big blow out interview with Donald Trump just changed everything, even though their ratings shot through the roof.


9 posted on 06/07/2023 6:49:33 AM PDT by lee martell
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Maybe so, and yes he did take some scalps, but trickling them out over a year was a terrible strategy. He needed to have cleaned house at the beginning. His approach was like giving a patient half doses if needed medication, then being surprised when the patient stays sick


10 posted on 06/07/2023 6:49:49 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: JonPreston

And the 4th is a Communist Party member and holds veto power.


11 posted on 06/07/2023 6:50:06 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Cracker...)
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To: Tench_Coxe

I think the ‘product’ is best described as...steaming...


12 posted on 06/07/2023 6:50:57 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Cracker...)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

They would get better ratings broadcasting Three Stooges and Marx Brothers films and Old Warner Brothers Cartoons..................


13 posted on 06/07/2023 6:51:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

It’s a lose-lose job.


14 posted on 06/07/2023 6:52:19 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Red Badger

Hire Bill O’Reilly


15 posted on 06/07/2023 6:52:26 AM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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Wow, the only guy that was willing to give conservatives a small insignificant voice at CNN. Too bad it would’ve raised their ratings. Oh, well, who cares they can go straight to hades as much as I care.


16 posted on 06/07/2023 6:52:59 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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I bet that is exactly what they will do..................


17 posted on 06/07/2023 6:53:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
I think the ‘product’ is best described as...steaming...

Brown 25...


18 posted on 06/07/2023 6:53:49 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Red Badger

Licht and Toobin ... two new verbs ...


19 posted on 06/07/2023 6:54:31 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

They could always post reruns of Forensic Files 24/7. Oh wait that was the fate of CNN Headline News. Maybe Hee Haw reruns.


20 posted on 06/07/2023 6:57:20 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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