{"id":1447762,"date":"2022-04-20T13:21:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1447762"},"modified":"2022-04-20T13:21:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:21:59","slug":"cnn-fires-senior-exec-as-cnn-flounders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-fires-senior-exec-as-cnn-flounders\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Fires Senior Exec as CNN+ Flounders"},"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\">14<\/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-fires-senior-exec-as-cnn-flounders%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=1447762&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--><\/p>\n<h2>The outlet said more high-level layoffs are coming<\/h2>\n<div id=\"authorDate\">\n<p>\u00a0on&#038;nbsp20th April 2022 @ 5.00pm <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure title=\"Although CNN+ recently launched on Roku, which is expected to bring in subscribers, insiders fear that growth will be a blip and not a boom\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Although CNN+ recently launched on Roku, which is expected to bring in subscribers, insiders fear that growth will be a blip and not a boom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>As CNN+ continues on its path to complete destruction, the network has resorted to axing executive-level staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/discovery-cnn-plus-marketing-layoffs-jobs-b088c03c-b202-4756-8f5f-e64ee77b5095.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios report<\/a> ominously entitled<em> &#8220;CNN+ looks doomed&#8221;<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201dWarner Bros. Discovery has laid off CNN chief financial officer Brad Ferrer, replacing him with Neil Chugani, Discovery\u2019s CFO for streaming and international.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The outlet said more high-level layoffs are coming.<\/p>\n<p>Axios reported that CNN\u2019s corporate parent has also pulled the plug on marketing CNN+, which has about 150,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Executives had hoped for 2 million subscribers in the service\u2019s first year.<\/p>\n<figure title=\"Executives are frustrated that new leadership is moving quickly to dismantle what they see as an eventual lifeline\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CNN-ratings-sunk-to-an-embarrassing.jpg\" alt=\"executives are frustrated that new leadership is moving quickly to dismantle what they see as an eventual lifeline\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Executives are frustrated that new leadership is moving quickly to dismantle what they see as an eventual lifeline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the network is also looking at something new: a live news show to fill the 9 p.m. slot once held by disgraced former host Chris Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-cnn-axes-senior-executive-doomed-streaming-service-unravels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Internal data indicates that programming that looks like live TV \u2014 Axios specifically mentioned \u201c5 Things with Kate Bolduan\u201d and \u201cReliable Sources Daily\u201d with Brian Stelter \u2014 is what has connected with viewers on CNN+.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Axios reported that within CNN, \u201cexecutives are frustrated that new leadership is moving quickly to dismantle what they see as an eventual lifeline for the cable network.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN\u2019s true believers think the pause in marketing CNN+ means it will never achieve what was planned in the days when CNN wanted to invest $1 billion in a four-year plan to make the service profitable.<\/p>\n<p>Although CNN+ recently launched on Roku, which is expected to bring in subscribers, insiders fear that growth will be a blip and not a boom.<\/p>\n<figure title=\"Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace is having &#039;daily breakdowns&#039; over the &#039;miserable failure&#039; of the new streaming platform\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CNNs-New-Streaming-Service-Fails.jpg\" alt=\"former fox news anchor chris wallace is having  daily breakdowns  over the  miserable failure  of the new streaming platform\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption> Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace is having &#8216;daily breakdowns&#8217; over the &#8216;miserable failure&#8217; of the new streaming platform<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Axios reported that Discovery wants one big streaming service, not niche ones, and would have been happier had CNN+ never launched.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted that there is a philosophical change as well as a programming one taking place.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDiscovery executives are focused mostly on returning CNN to its journalistic core, a point Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav reiterated in a town hall last week,\u201d<\/em> Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat includes less of a focus on primetime perspective programming, and more of a focus on hard, breaking news. CNN+ features an array of soft news content, which doesn\u2019t align with Discovery\u2019s broader vision for CNN.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/18812-cnn-failure-causing-chris-wallace-to-have-daily-breakdowns-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neon Nettle<\/a> reported last week, former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace is having <em>&#8220;daily breakdowns&#8221;<\/em> over the <em>\u201cmiserable failure\u201d<\/em> of the new streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace has voiced frustration to his staffers over CNN+, according to reporter Jon Nicosia.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSOURCE: Chris Wallace is \u2018having daily breakdowns\u2019 over the \u2018miserable launch\u2019 of [CNN+],\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Nicosia said.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace said that he left Fox News when his colleagues<em> \u201cbegan to question the truth\u201d<\/em> pertaining to the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m fine with opinion: conservative opinion, liberal opinion,\u201d<\/em> Wallace told The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut when people start to question the truth \u2014 &#8216;Who won the 2020 election?&#8217; &#8216;Was Jan. 6 an insurrection?&#8217; \u2014 I found that unsustainable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/8130-cnn-in-panic-as-its-ratings-collapse-credibility-questioned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[RELATED] CNN in Panic as its Ratings Collapse, Credibility Questioned<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outlet said more high-level layoffs are coming \u00a0on&#038;nbsp20th April 2022 @ 5.00pm   \u00a9\u00a0press Although CNN+ recently launched on Roku, which is expected to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1447762","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\/1447762","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=1447762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447762\/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=1447762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}