{"id":1714446,"date":"2022-10-28T06:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T10:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714446"},"modified":"2022-10-28T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T11:04:14","slug":"layoffs-hit-cnn-as-viewership-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/layoffs-hit-cnn-as-viewership-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"Layoffs Hit CNN As Viewership Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Flayoffs-hit-cnn-as-viewership-collapses%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=1714446&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 class=\"subheading\">CNN, a far-left propaganda outlet that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2020\/05\/14\/cnns-jake-tapper-willing-obamagate-co-conspirator\/\">denies<\/a> election results and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/08\/14\/cnn-chris-cuomo-antifa-violence-right\/\">encourages<\/a> violence in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2015\/05\/04\/hate-network-five-times-cnn-whipped-up-violence-in-baltimore\/\">predominantly black<\/a> neighborhoods, will be hit with massive layoffs before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Per a statement released Wednesday from CNN chief Chris Licht \u2014 the left-wing extremist behind Stephen Colbert\u2019s failing late-night show \u2014 the fake news outlet is facing \u201cnoticeable change. \u2026 That, by definition, is unsettling. These changes will not be easy because they will affect people, budgets, and projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Gee, I wonder why that is\u2026?<\/p>\n<p>Even with a hotly contested and consequential national election less than two weeks away, CNN \u2014 which is more commonly called \u201cCNNLOL\u201d (which is Greek for \u201cpig fat with lies\u201d) \u2014 has been earning humiliating ratings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">During the week of October 17, CNNLOL managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/week-of-oct-17-basic-cable-ranker-fox-news-remains-no-1-in-total-day-gains-primetime-viewers\/517112\/\">attract<\/a> an average of only 512,000 total primetime viewers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout the day, CNN attracted an average of just 458,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21939726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/08\/wi\/ap\/media-cnn-reboot-television-producer-chris-licht-attends-hollywood-reporter-annual-powerful-people.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21939726 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/media-cnn-reboot-television-producer-chris-licht-attends-hollywood-reporter-annual-powerful-people-1024x724-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>CNN chief Chris Licht on April 11, 2019, in New York. (Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP, File)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/monday-oct-24-scoreboard-the-five-begins-week-with-3-75-million-viewers\/517179\/\">overall numbers<\/a>\u00a0during that week for context purposes:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TOTAL PRIMETIME VIEWERS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FOX: 2.3 million<\/li>\n<li>MSNBC: 1.12 million<\/li>\n<li>CNN: 512,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fox News is beating CNN times four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\"><strong><u>TOTAL VIEWERS DURING TOTAL DAY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>FOX: 1.48 million<\/li>\n<li>MSNBC: 719,000<\/li>\n<li>CNN: 458,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below you\u2019ll see that just a few weeks away from a huge election, CNN barely inched over the 100,000 mark of 25- to 54-year-old demo viewers during primetime and missed it entirely in the total day numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full context:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PRIMETIME DEMO VIEWERS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FOX: 293K<\/li>\n<li>MSNBC: 111K<\/li>\n<li>CNN: 109K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>DEMO VIEWERS DURING TOTAL DAY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FOX: 203K<\/li>\n<li>MSNBC: 81K<\/li>\n<li>CNN: 92K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember when the media claimed only old people watched Fox News, and that after those old racists died, MSNBC and CNN would take first place?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Good times, good times\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Licht\u2019s biggest mistake so far has been to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2022\/10\/24\/nolte-election-denier-jake-tapper-crashes-burns-fredos-old-time-slot\/\">election-denier<\/a> Jake Tapper the face of <em>The New CNN<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper is dying \u2014 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2022\/10\/24\/nolte-election-denier-jake-tapper-crashes-burns-fredos-old-time-slot\/\">dying<\/a><\/em> \u2014 in his new primetime slot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22421008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jake-Tapper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22421008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jake-Tapper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jake Tapper during the June 6, 2022, \u2018Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u2019 show. (Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/10\/26\/cnn-chief-chris-licht-business-review-job-cuts.html\">coming layoffs<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>CNN makes money off advertising and pay-TV subscriber fees. But as millions of Americans cancel traditional pay TV each year in favor of streaming services, CNN almost certainly can\u2019t raise subscription rates at a fast enough clip to make up for declining viewer numbers.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s profit is set to drop\u00a0below $1 billion this year for the first time since 2016, when Donald Trump was elected president.\u00a0Parent company\u00a0<span data-test=\"QuoteInBody\">Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s valuation has nearly been cut in half this year[.]\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 people will be laid off by\u00a0Warner Bros. Discovery\u00a0before the end of the year[.]\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN is a failing enterprise staffed with smug, dishonest, unlikeable, bigoted, hate-filled anchors. You can\u2019t fix that without a five-alarm enema. But Licht would rather lose money than hire likable people who might accidentally tell the truth now and again.<\/p>\n<p>Watching CNN implode has been one of the great joys of my professional life.<\/p>\n<p>CNN will always be around. But CNN no longer matters. CNN is a fart in a hurricane.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow John Nolte on Twitter <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NolteNC\"><em>@NolteNC<\/em><\/a>. <em>Follow his Facebook Page <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnNolteNC\/?skip_nax_wizard=true\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN, a far-left propaganda outlet that denies election results and encourages violence in predominantly black neighborhoods, will be hit with massive layoffs before the end of the year. 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