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Nolan Higdon, Lecturer of History and Media Studies, California State University, East Bay

CNN+ was just the latest failed attempt of the cable news trailblazer to remain relevant

CNN's hyped streaming service folded after three weeks. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

It seems that any hope that legacy media had of recovering audiences was crushed by the recent and rapid collapse of CNN’s streaming service, CNN+.

For the past decade, viewers and listeners have gradually been abandoning legacy broadcast media, which refers to news media institutions established before the digital era, such as ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NPR and NBC.

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