DanOregon
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Granted a huge subscription boom would have helped, but this thing was done as soon as the merger with Discovery was announced (Discovery doesn't want the competition), Zucker's ouster sealed the deal. Further, Discovery hadn't put a dime into planning or developing it only Warners did, and they certainly weren't going to accept losses. As far as the on-air product, seemed to be a lot of celebrities talking about stuff. Not to say there aren't some things/people they should move into regular CNN to help revive that network's credibility. Kasie Hunt for Cuomo's spot perhaps, Chris Wallace is 74, let him do what he wants, when he wants to.
It makes me laugh thinking about the stories of top CNN on-air people railing against the firing of Zucker and suddenly realizing they backed the wrong horse. Shoot, the suits just torched an entire platform, don't think they would sweat buying out a "face" of the network - they just "found" a B team ready to step in.
It makes me laugh thinking about the stories of top CNN on-air people railing against the firing of Zucker and suddenly realizing they backed the wrong horse. Shoot, the suits just torched an entire platform, don't think they would sweat buying out a "face" of the network - they just "found" a B team ready to step in.