#CNN drama shows network lacks solution to Trump dilemma

#CNN drama shows network lacks solution to Trump dilemma

Chris Licht isn’t the whole story. News of the departure of the CNN chairman and chief executive early Wednesday morning ricocheted around the media world. But the bigger issue is the struggle of CNN in particular, and news organizations in general, to find a satisfactory way to deal with former President Trump, eight years after…

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#CEO Chris Licht to leave CNN

#CEO Chris Licht to leave CNN

Chris Licht, the embattled CEO of CNN, plans to step down as the company’s top executive after just one year on the job, bringing an end to his tumultuous tenure as the cable news network’s chief executive. The news was announced to staffers on the network’s Wednesday morning editorial call, a source told The Hill,…

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#Warner Bros. Discovery CFO On Streaming Bundles: “I Don’t Think It’s an Easy Thing to Pull Off”

#Warner Bros. Discovery CFO On Streaming Bundles: “I Don’t Think It’s an Easy Thing to Pull Off”

Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels has talked up Max, the studio’s revamped streaming service combining programming from both the original HBO Max streaming service and Discovery+ after it launched on Tuesday. “It’s day one, but so far, so good,” the WBD finance chief told the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference during a session…

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#Warner Bros. Discovery CFO: Hollywood Went “Overboard” With Streaming “Spending Frenzy”

#Warner Bros. Discovery CFO: Hollywood Went “Overboard” With Streaming “Spending Frenzy”

Warner Bros. Discovery CFO: Hollywood Went “Overboard” With Streaming “Spending Frenzy” If 2022 was a year of restructuring for Warner Bros. Discovery, then 2023 “will be a year of relaunching and building,” WBD CFO Gunnar Weidenfels said Thursday morning. Speaking at a Citibank conference, the executive also signaled that the company’s moves in the content…

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#‘Batgirl’ Directors on Becoming Part of “Movie History” Due to Cancellation, Why They’d Still Work With Warner Bros.

#‘Batgirl’ Directors on Becoming Part of “Movie History” Due to Cancellation, Why They’d Still Work With Warner Bros.

‘Batgirl’ Directors on Becoming Part of “Movie History” Due to Cancellation, Why They’d Still Work With Warner Bros. There are upsides and downsides to having a film you’ve been hard at work on be abruptly swept from under your feet at the last minute by a number-crunching studio boss.  Two filmmakers who can attest to…

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#CNN staffers press boss Chris Licht over possible layoffs

#CNN staffers press boss Chris Licht over possible layoffs

“CNN staffers press boss Chris Licht over possible layoffs” CNN’s new boss Chris Licht was grilled by anxious staffers at a town hall meeting over possible layoffs as the cable news giant is under pressure from corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery to slash costs amid fierce economic headwinds. Licht, who succeeded Jeff Zucker as the…

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