Zucker, Jeff

Inside the Implosion of CNN+

David Zaslav had been chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery for all of a few hours when he learned he had a problem. On April 11, the day his newly merged company began trading on Nasdaq, Mr. Zaslav greeted New York employees with pasta and ice cream bars, delivering an impromptu rallying cry to his […]

CNN’s Gollust Discussed Interview Topics With Gov. Cuomo, Probe Found

On a Saturday in March 2020, as Covid-19 was invading the United States, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo went on CNN for a live interview. Among other topics, he was asked about a possible government-enforced quarantine of New York that had been floated by President Donald J. Trump. It was a newsworthy topic, but its path […]

Jeff Zucker’s Downfall at CNN: Ethical Lapses and Falling Ratings

The network president had spent years standing by his anchor. Now, feeling that Mr. Cuomo had misled him, Mr. Zucker was losing patience. He had initially planned to fire Mr. Cuomo, before deciding to hold off. Mr. Zucker tried to be diplomatic as he broke the news that Mr. Cuomo was suspended. He suggested there […]

Jeff Zucker Resigns From CNN After Relationship With Top Executive

Chris Cuomo has fiercely contested the terms of his departure from CNN, which has refused to pay the anchor’s severance or honor the remainder of his current contract, saying he engaged in unethical conduct. Mr. Cuomo has retained the powerful Hollywood litigator Bryan Freedman. In discussions with WarnerMedia lawyers, Mr. Cuomo’s legal team raised the […]

Can CNN’s Hiring Spree Get People to Pay for Streaming News?

A couple of months ago, CNN’s forthcoming streaming channel was perceived as little more than a curiosity in the television news business: just another cable dinosaur trying to make the uneasy transition into the digital future. In fact, the plan to start CNN+, which is expected to go live by late March, amounted to a […]

CNN Fires Chris Cuomo Over His Efforts to Help Andrew

The star anchor Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN on Saturday amid a network inquiry into his efforts to help his brother, Andrew M. Cuomo, then the governor of New York, fight off a sexual harassment scandal. “Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about […]

Chris Cuomo Is Suspended by CNN After Details of Help He Gave Andrew

But the testimony and text messages released this week suggested that Mr. Cuomo did reach out to other journalists. “When asked, I would reach out to sources, other journalists, to see if they had heard of anybody else coming out,” he told investigators. The Downfall of Andrew Cuomo Card 1 of 5 The path to […]