{"id":1266426,"date":"2022-02-02T11:23:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1266426"},"modified":"2022-02-02T16:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T21:37:50","slug":"cnn-announces-co-heads-who-will-take-over-in-zuckers-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-announces-co-heads-who-will-take-over-in-zuckers-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Announces \u2018Co-Heads\u2019 Who Will Take Over In Zucker\u2019s Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-announces-co-heads-who-will-take-over-in-zuckers-absence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1266426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1130788369-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Just hours after CNN chief Jeff Zucker announced his resignation, Warner Media CEO Jason Kilar named three executives to serve as \u201cco-heads\u201d while the network sorted things out in Zucker\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p>Kilar sent a memo to staffers, a copy of which was obtained and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/cnn-announces-interim-co-heads-following-jeff-zuckers-resignation\/\">published<\/a> by Mediaite:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Team News and Sports \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are fortunate to have three senior leaders within the News organization who have agreed to serve as interim co-heads for CNN beginning today through what you should anticipate will be through the close of the pending transaction with Discovery. These leaders are Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have full confidence that Michael, Amy and Ken, as interim heads for News, will provide the leadership this organization needs during this time of transition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lenny Daniels will continue to serve as President and lead Turner Sports &amp; Bleacher Report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Patrick Crumb will continue as President and head of the regional sports networks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You will hear more from Michael, Amy, Ken, Lenny, and Patrick in the coming days but I wanted you to be aware of these decisions that have been made.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jason<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As per Kilar\u2019s memo, Michael Bass, Amy Entelis, and Ken Jautz will serve as \u201cco-heads\u201d while already ongoing investigations continued and the network searches for a new leader to replace Zucker.<\/p>\n<p>CNN staffers \u2014 and others \u2014 were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/02\/media\/jeff-zucker-cnn\/index.html\">reportedly \u201cstunned\u201d<\/a> when Zucker <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-chief-zucker-resigns-two-days-after-brian-stelter-sneers-over-people-trusting-joe-rogan-more-than-cnn\/\">announced his resignation<\/a> on Wednesday, saying that he had failed to disclose a consensual relationship with a colleague when he should have.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jeff Zucker just announced his resignation to a stunned CNN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sWXYNBO20d\">pic.twitter.com\/sWXYNBO20d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1488905768342589450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo\u2019s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years,\u201d Zucker told employees in a memo. \u201cI acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn\u2019t. I was wrong. As a result, I am resigning today,\u201d Zucker\u2019s statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Ensuing reports indicated that the colleague in question \u2014 Allison Gollust, CNN\u2019s chief marketing officer \u2014 had close ties with disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D). She is reportedly staying at CNN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Zucker did not name his colleague in the memo, but the relationship is with Allison Gollust, the chief marketing officer for CNN. Gollust is remaining at CNN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/leQjFGOtmi\">https:\/\/t.co\/leQjFGOtmi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1488908329091055621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJeff and I have been close friends and professional partners for over 20 years. Recently, our relationship changed during COVID. I regret that we didn\u2019t disclose it at the right time,\u201d Gollust said in a statement released Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of my time at CNN and look forward to continuing the great work we do everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zucker, who had previously worked for NBC, took over CNN in 2013 \u2014 and Gollust was reportedly part of his leadership team from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just hours after CNN chief Jeff Zucker announced his resignation, Warner Media CEO Jason Kilar named three executives to serve as \u201cco-heads\u201d while the network sorted things out in Zucker\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1266426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1266426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1266426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1266426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}