{"id":2016260,"date":"2023-08-30T00:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-appears-set-to-name-new-ceo\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T00:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:20:29","slug":"cnn-appears-set-to-name-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-appears-set-to-name-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN is poised to announce a new CEO."},"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\">16<\/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-appears-set-to-name-new-ceo%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=2016260&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--><h2>CNN Set to Name New CEO<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> appears set to name a new CEO \u2062in the\u200b coming\u200b days after the leftist network fired their last CEO over the \u2063summer following a damning profile \u2064piece and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">town hall<\/a> debacle\u2062 involving former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Puck \u2064News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/09h6T#selection-40947.0-41100.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> \u200dthat as early as tomorrow, CNN is \u2062expected to name former New York\u2064 Times Company CEO and BBC director general Mark\u2062 Thompson to be the network\u2019s next chairman and CEO.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report\u2063 said that Thompson has a reputation for \u201crestructuring legacy media assets\u200d and pursuing innovative growth \u2062strategies\u201d and that he could not be\u2062 more different than the network\u2019s\u200c last CEO, Chris Licht.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Thompson \u201cdeftly architected a plan\u200b that rescued the business\u201d at The\u200b New\u2062 York Times \u201cfrom its darkest financial hour in generations,\u201d the report added. \u201cHis various restructurings and reorgs repositioned the Times \u2063Co. as a product-first company \u200bthat successfully built out a portfolio of \u2062lifestyle businesses that supported the news gathering organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Licht\u2063 was fired from the company by Discovery CEO \u200bDavid Zaslav just\u200d 16 months after being picked\u2062 for the position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor a number of reasons things didn\u2019t work \u200bout and that\u2019s unfortunate,\u201d Zaslav said. \u201cIt\u2019s really unfortunate. And ultimately that\u2019s on\u200b me. And I take \u2064full responsibility for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zaslav told employees\u2062 that CNN is\u2064 \u201cin the\u2063 process of conducting a wide search\u201d for a new leader that could \u201ctake a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Licht\u2019s tenure at CNN was rough from the start. Weeks\u2063 after Licht took over the reins, the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ive-been-a-victim-chris-wallace-says-hes-in-good-shape-despite-cnn-implosion\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019ve Been A Victim\u2019: Chris Wallace Says He\u2019s \u2018In Good Shape\u2019 Despite CNN+ Implosion\">cable news giant\u2019<\/a>s attempt\u200c at launching\u2064 a \u200bstreaming service \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed<\/a> after a month in \u2062operation, attracting fewer than 10,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-orders-netflix-to-stream-state-television-broadcasts\/\" title=\"Russia Orders Netflix to Stream State Television Broadcasts\">000 daily users<\/a>.\u200d The CNN executive also faced criticism from his employees and poor ratings performances in the news channel\u2019s primetime slots.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE \u200dTO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Familiar\u2062 faces on the\u2062 network, such as \u2062longtime journalist Brian Stelter and host Don Lemon,\u200c were\u2062 axed under Licht\u2019s reign. The tumultuous leadership \u2062of\u2063 Licht came to a boiling point when the \u200bnetwork hosted a town hall with\u200b former President Donald Trump in May. Leftist critics ripped the company for \u2064giving Trump a platform. Politicians and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-senate-acquits-trump-seven-republicans-vote-guilty\/\" title=\"BREAKING: U.S. Senate Acquits Trump; Seven Republicans Vote Guilty\">media personalities<\/a> from Alexandria\u2063 Ocasio-Cortez to Joe\u2062 Scarborough were angered by\u200d CNN\u2019s \u200ddecision to host\u200d Trump on the platform \u2064that has\u2064 consistently offered \u200cfriendly coverage to Democrats.<\/p>\n<h3>Contributors:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Zach\u2062 Jewell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN is poised to announce a new CEO soon, having dismissed their previous CEO over the summer due to a critical profile and a controversial town hall with ex-President Donald Trump. 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