#Katie Couric flagged Jeff Zucker’s ‘super strange’ ties with Allison Gollust in memoir

#Katie Couric flagged Jeff Zucker’s ‘super strange’ ties with Allison Gollust in memoir

“#Katie Couric flagged Jeff Zucker’s ‘super strange’ ties with Allison Gollust in memoir” Katie Couric dished on Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust’s relationship in her tell-all memoir last fall, saying it struck staffers as “super strange” when the pair worked together at NBC in the 1990s. Zucker announced his resignation on Wednesday as CNN president…

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#Former CNN anchor Leon Harris arrested, accused of trying to leave DUI crash scene: reports

#Former CNN anchor Leon Harris arrested, accused of trying to leave DUI crash scene: reports

“#Former CNN anchor Leon Harris arrested, accused of trying to leave DUI crash scene: reports” Leon Harris, a former CNN host now working for a TV station in Washington, DC, was allegedly impaired when he tried to leave the scene of an auto crash in Maryland over the weekend, according to reports. Harris was apprehended after his vehicle hit the rear of…

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#Gayle King signs new deal with CBS, spurning CNN

#Gayle King signs new deal with CBS, spurning CNN

“#Gayle King signs new deal with CBS, spurning CNN” Gayle King signed a new contract with CBS, she said Friday, ending speculation about whether she’d leave her seat on the network’s morning show. The “CBS Mornings” co-host has agreed to a new contract that will keep her at the Tiffany Network for the foreseeable future,…

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#Sen. Blackburn says Pres. Biden was ‘sexist’ to Fox News reporter

#Sen. Blackburn says Pres. Biden was ‘sexist’ to Fox News reporter

“#Sen. Blackburn says Pres. Biden was ‘sexist’ to Fox News reporter” Sen. Marsha Blackburn has claimed President Biden was being “sexist” when he called Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich’s inquiry about Russia-Ukraine tensions “stupid” on Thursday. “This is extremely sexist and uncalled for. @JacquiHeinrich is a well-prepared, smart reporter, and Biden should apologize immediately,” Blackburn…

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#CNN sees ratings dive by 90% after 2021 coverage

#CNN sees ratings dive by 90% after 2021 coverage

“#CNN sees ratings dive by 90% after 2021 coverage” CNN’s ratings took a nosedive by a massive 90 percent both overall and in the all-important demographic coveted by advertisers in the first week of the new year. The Jeff Zucker-led cable news network averaged just 548,000 viewers during the week of Jan. 3 — a…

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#Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021

#Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021

“#Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021” NEW YORK — The presidential election, pandemic and racial reckoning were stories that drove intense interest and engagement to news outlets in 2020. To a large degree, 2021 represented the inevitable hangover. Various metrics illustrate the dwindling popularity of news content. Cable news networks were…

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