Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Chris Licht

Licht’s Term at CNN Marked by Declining Ratings, Revenue

Networks' efforts to provide more 'bipartisan' approach to news marked by controversies

TV Tech

Billionaire Trump supporter offers to buy embattled CNN

The news network has been hit by falling ratings and earlier this week fired its CEO

The Independent UK

CNN's CEO Shakeup Leaves The Door Open For Don Lemon To Potentially Return After Being Fired

Don Lemon was fired from CNN in April, but the recent CEO shake-up has reportedly set the stage for Lemon to potentially return.

Cinemablend

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

CNN Ad Revenue Was Down Nearly 40% For the First Four Months of 2023

In addition to plummeting ratings, the final months of former chief Chris Licht's tenure were marked by rapidly decreasing advertising sales, MediaRadar says

Broadcasting & Cable

CNN CEO Chris Licht's ouster means women now run all U.S. news networks

Two women will co-lead CNN, joining peers at ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, and Fox News.

Fortune

The CNN chief messed up in many ways. Only one of them was fatal

It’s possible – likely, even – that Licht would have survived all of this if it weren’t for the one thing that really mattered: the numbers

The Guardian - US

Every major U.S. news organization is now officially helmed by a woman

Chris Licht’s departure from CNN sealed the deal.

Fortune

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

How Chris Licht’s botched effort to drag CNN to the right ended with his own stunning downfall

The one-time wonderboy of breakfast television had a vision to make CNN the most trusted source in news. But he failed to gain the trust of his newsroom, Bevan Hurley writes

The Independent UK

CNN ousts CEO Chris Licht after Trump town hall, tumultuous tenure

CNN ousted chief executive Chris Licht after a tumultuous year leading the struggling news network that culminated in a damning magazine profile and the growing realization that he’d lost the confidence of the network's journalists.

France 24

For CNN, the Real Damage of the Chris Licht Era Was the 13 Wasted Months

CNN could have been spending the time reinventing itself as an always-on digital lifestyle brand, a la the 'New York Times'

Broadcasting & Cable

CNN boss out after Trump town hall mess

Licht gets the axe — but he was merely executing the vision of top executives, media watchdog says

Salon

Chris Licht out at CNN

Licht’s leadership became untenable following a damning profile published by The Atlantic.

Axios

Chris Licht Leaving CNN

Embattled CEO could not survive the controversies that marked his 13 month term

TV Tech

CNN chief Chris Licht to leave cable news network days after Atlantic profile

Embattled chairman was under siege from within after article in the Atlantic revealed decisions made over Trump town hall

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

CNN head Chris Licht out at news network after brief, tumultuous tenure

Chris Licht is out after a year as chief executive at CNN, following a series of missteps and plunging ratings

The Independent UK

CNN CEO Chris Licht out days after devastating expose

Embattled CNN boss out after chaotic 16-month reign at network

Axios

CNN CEO Chris Licht to step down

Licht’s leadership became untenable following a damning profile published by The Atlantic.

Barchart

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Mistakes Keep Piling Up

CNN CEO Chris Licht looks like he could be forced to walk the plank for the sins of an ego-driven and highly overpaid boss in David Zaslav. Either way, WBD stock remains a dud.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Axios

Chaos looms over CNN

The latest saga calls into question how prepared the network will be to cover the 2024 elections.

The Independent UK

CNN’s own media reporter turns on embattled CEO

Chris Licht spoke on morning call after searing profile in ‘The Atlantic’

The Guardian - US

CNN’s Licht apologizes to staff for taking spotlight with Atlantic profile

Licht says ‘CNN is not about me’ after article revealed he had been aware of ‘extra-Trumpy’ crowd at town hall

Axios

CNN drama, Act 2: Zucker's revenge

CNN remains a dominant player in news. Right now, its ratings and reputation are getting battered.

Axios

Devastating profile dogs CNN boss Chris Licht

The Atlantic paints a brutal portrait of the head of one of the world's most famous, consequential and profitable brands.

The Guardian - US

‘Extra Trumpy’: Atlantic profile of CNN chief Licht details town hall disaster

Network chief executive reportedly wanted New Hampshire event to be ‘extra Trumpy’ but broadcast prompted wide condemnation

Axios

TV networks battle for Republican debates

Debates can make or break a presidential candidacy.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Warner Bros Discovery

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.