{"id":1411257,"date":"2022-03-30T18:44:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411257"},"modified":"2022-03-30T18:44:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:44:38","slug":"cnns-new-streaming-service-plans-layoffs-right-after-launch-as-network-learns-no-sane-individual-would-pay-to-watch-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-new-streaming-service-plans-layoffs-right-after-launch-as-network-learns-no-sane-individual-would-pay-to-watch-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s New Streaming Service Plans Layoffs Right After Launch as Network Learns No Sane Individual Would Pay to Watch CNN"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fcnns-new-streaming-service-plans-layoffs-right-after-launch-as-network-learns-no-sane-individual-would-pay-to-watch-cnn%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=1411257&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><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Employees at CNN\u2019s new streaming service, CNN+, are reportedly bracing themselves for layoffs in the upcoming months due to low subscription numbers, Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/13\/cnn-howard-stern-chris-wallace-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">network<\/a> announced the launching of their streaming platform Tuesday, but it was soon reported that layoffs could occur as early as May. The channel could also be merged into the platform Discovery Plus unless the number of subscriptions increase, according to Gasparino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@CNNplus employees bracing for layoffs possibly as soon as May amid projections of lackluster sales of new streaming channel; CNN employees say new streaming channel could be merged into larger @discoveryplus as early as May unless subscriptions pick up to 130,\u201d Gasparino tweeted.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/trump-hated-networks-ratings-cnn-msnbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump\u2019s Most Hated Networks See \u2018Profound\u2019 Drop In Ratings)<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNNplus<\/a> employees bracing for layoffs possibly as soon as May amid projections of lackluster sales of new streaming channel; CNN employees say new streaming channel could be merged into larger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/discoveryplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@discoveryplus<\/a> as early as May unless subscriptions pick up 130 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxBusiness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxBusiness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGasparino\/status\/1509217698491904006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The new streaming service will play live and on-demand shows from the network\u2019s hosts like <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/chris-andrew-cuomo-cnn-anderson-cooper-letitia-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anderson Cooper<\/a> and Poppy Harlow, as well as former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, basketball player Rex Chapman and radio host Audie Cornish.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today\u2019s a historic day for us as we launch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNPlus?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNPlus<\/a>, our streaming platform that brings you the stories of our world anytime you want. What was a recent newsworthy first for you?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN+ (@CNNplus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNplus\/status\/1508836145978920962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/27\/unsustainable-chris-wallace-left-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wallace<\/a> joined the new platform after <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/12\/chris-wallace-leaves-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">departing<\/a> from Fox News in December. In a newly released New York Times interview, he revealed that his former employer\u2019s shift in encouraging former President Donald Trump\u2019s election fraud claims made working at the network \u201cunsustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m fine with opinion: conservative opinion, liberal opinion. But when people start to question the truth \u2014 who won the 2020 election? Was Jan. 6 an insurrection? \u2014 I found that unsustainable. I spent a lot of 2021 looking to see if there was a different place for me to do my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees at CNN\u2019s new streaming service, CNN+, are reportedly bracing themselves for layoffs in the upcoming months due to low subscription numbers, Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"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-1411257","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\/1411257","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\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411257\/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=1411257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}