Variety–Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+ as of April 30, marking one of the company’s first significant maneuvers since completing the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery less than two weeks ago.
The decision puts an abrupt end to an ambitious and aggressive venture that people familiar with the matter say rankled David Zaslav, the new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, from the start. Zaslav was annoyed by the decision of Jason Kilar, the former CEO of WarnerMedia when it was owned by AT&T, to launch CNN+ just weeks before Discovery was set to take over operations. But he was unable to communicate with WarnerMedia management, owing to legal boundaries surrounding the merger process.
From now on whoever gets my Nielsen news rating eyeballs is gonna have to do it the old fashioned way. Earn it.
Conservative Network Newsmax Surges In Ratings – Already Beating The FOX Business Network
What The Fox!!??
American Lookout–FOX News may have made a colossal mistake. They had one of the most loyal audiences in cable television. But after their reportage of the 2020 election, and particularly election night, the landscape is changing fast.
Anger from their audience is already driving down FOX’s ratings.
Now, another right leaning network called Newsmax is getting a major boost from former FOX News fans.
Who’s the first, you ask? Joe Biden. But he has an excuse.
Well, Jake. Speaking of "bizarre conspiracy theories and smear campaigns spreading lies unmoored from reality"… How many times did you slobber over that deranged and indecent wack job, Michael Avenatti, on your show? Too many to count on your fingers and toes, I'll surmise.
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Variety–Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+ as of April 30, marking one of the company’s first significant maneuvers since completing the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery less than two weeks ago.
