#Jeff Zucker’s First Media Investment at Redbird IMI: A Non-Fiction Content Studio With Ian Orefice (Exclusive)

#Jeff Zucker’s First Media Investment at Redbird IMI: A Non-Fiction Content Studio With Ian Orefice (Exclusive)

RedBird IMI, the venture led by former NBCUniversal and CNN chief Jeff Zucker, has made its first media investment. The $1 billion media, entertainment and sports vehicle (a joint venture between Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird and Abu Dhabi’s International Media Investments) is launching a new non-fiction content studio led by Ian Orefice, the former president and…

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#CNN’s Tapper: Trump has ‘knocked everybody in the news media off’

#CNN’s Tapper: Trump has ‘knocked everybody in the news media off’

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said former President Trump continues to pose a major challenge to media organizations covering him. “I think that every news organization in America was disrupted by Donald Trump,” Tapper said during an appearance on journalist Kara Swisher’s podcast published Monday. “Especially by his attacking the media.” Tapper, CNN’s chief Washington correspondent,…

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#Inside the collapse of CNN+: ‘A uniquely sh-tty situation’

#Inside the collapse of CNN+: ‘A uniquely sh-tty situation’

“Inside the collapse of CNN+: ‘A uniquely sh-tty situation’” CNN+ was doomed before it had a chance thanks to bad timing and a fundamental disagreement over strategy between previous management and the new corporate parent that was formed after a recent multi-billion dollar merger, according to a report. The cable news network’s fledgling streaming service…

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#CNN+ shutdown leaves axed staffers ‘aghast and furious’

#CNN+ shutdown leaves axed staffers ‘aghast and furious’

“CNN+ shutdown leaves axed staffers ‘aghast and furious’” The shocking announcement that CNN+ would be shutting down operations less than a month after it launched has left out-of-work staffers “aghast and furious” over the company’s handling of what sources inside the network call “an absolute debacle.” “This is f–king crazy, it is nuts,” a CNN…

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#CNN+ facing steep cost cuts as new management takes helm

#CNN+ facing steep cost cuts as new management takes helm

“CNN+ facing steep cost cuts as new management takes helm” CNN’s new streaming service CNN+ is under review by incoming corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery as it looks to cut costs and reorganize the company, sources told The Post. Warner Bros. Discovery, which formed last week out of the merger between Discovery and WarnerMedia, is…

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