{"id":519496,"date":"2022-12-01T23:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cnn-boss-chris-licht-guts-hln-amid-cost-cutting-bloodbath\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T23:26:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:26:39","slug":"cnn-boss-chris-licht-guts-hln-amid-cost-cutting-bloodbath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cnn-boss-chris-licht-guts-hln-amid-cost-cutting-bloodbath\/","title":{"rendered":"#CNN boss Chris Licht guts HLN amid cost-cutting bloodbath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c208b95f69\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cnn-boss-chris-licht-guts-hln-amid-cost-cutting-bloodbath\/#%E2%80%9CCNN_boss_Chris_Licht_guts_HLN_amid_cost-cutting_bloodbath%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;CNN boss Chris Licht guts HLN amid cost-cutting bloodbath&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCNN_boss_Chris_Licht_guts_HLN_amid_cost-cutting_bloodbath%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;CNN boss Chris Licht guts HLN amid cost-cutting bloodbath&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>CNN boss Chris Licht has gutted sister network HLN, terminating all live programming as part of ongoing layoffs and budget cuts. <\/p>\n<p>Licht slashed HLN\u2019s \u201cMorning Express with Robin Meade,\u201d as well as \u201cWeekend Express,\u201d he announced in a memo to CNN\u2019s remaining staff on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Meade and HLN\u2019s live <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> programming staffers will be among those fired. <\/p>\n<p>Also getting their pink slips Thursday were prominent CNN correspondents Alison Kosik, Martin Savidge, Alex Field, Mary Ann Fox and Chris Cillizza, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/cnn-layoffs-hln-robin-meade-1235446737\/\">according to Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CNN declined to comment on the overall number of job cuts when reached by The Post. <\/p>\n<p>But Licht has also targeted staffers working on longform storytelling, as well as paid contributors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some areas, we will rely more on our CNN journalists,\u201d Licht said in the memo. \u201cOverall, we will engage contributors who are subject-matter experts that expand and diversify the viewpoints we bring our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Licht, who announced he\u2019ll hold a town hall Tuesday, explained the restructuring in his memo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chris-licht-2-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Chris Licht\" class=\"wp-image-24860159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chris-licht-2-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chris-licht-2-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chris-licht-2-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>CNN boss Licht is expected to announce a new daytime lineup in the coming days, as part of the network\u2019s restructuring. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur goal throughout the strategic review process has been to better align our people, processes and resources with our future priorities, strengthen our ability to deliver on CNN\u2019s core journalistic mission and enable us to innovate in the years ahead,\u201d Licht wrote in his memo.\u00a0 \u201cAt the highest level, the goal is to direct our resources to best serve and grow audiences for our core news programming and products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Licht is also expected to unveil details of a new daytime lineup for CNN in the coming days, as sources wondered about the futures of high-salaried anchors like Briana Keiler, John Berman, Chris Wallace, Kasie Hunt and Audie Cornish. <\/p>\n<p>A source with knowledge said those anchors are not on the chopping block, but could find homes in open programming slots.<\/p>\n<p>Licht confirmed that beginning Dec. 6, CNN would no longer produce live programming for HLN, formally known as Headline News, and would instead simulcast \u201cCNN This Morning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HLN crime programming will move under the WBD Networks, led by Kathleen Finch, and will be merged with the ID cable channel. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for CNN, one <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> insider said Licht still faces enormous challenges even after the cuts. Not only is he tasked with lifting the ratings of the third-place network, but he has to remake the daytime and primetime lineup and fill CNN\u2019s important 9 p.m. slot still open after the firing of disgraced anchor Chris Cuomo in late 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Licht, who grabbed the reins in May after Jeff Zucker was ousted for not disclosing an affair with a co-worker, has also tried to disrupt CNN\u2019s culture of opinion-focused shows to focus more on middle-of-the-road reporting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/cnn-world-headquarters-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"CNN world HQ\" class=\"wp-image-24860193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/cnn-world-headquarters-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/cnn-world-headquarters-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/cnn-world-headquarters-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sources said Licht\u2019s cost-cutting will largely be over by the end of the week. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeople should walk in Chris Licht\u2019s shoes,\u201d said one media insider, who noted that Zucker \u201cgot off easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Zucker was still around, he would have left town by now,\u201d the source added. <\/p>\n<p>Licht\u2019s search to slash costs comes as corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery promised Wall Street it would cut $3 billion in costs, after acquiring the assets of the company formerly known as WarnerMedia from AT&amp;T.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. Discovery, which also owns HBO and Food Network,  recently said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would have to spend between $1 billion and $1.5 billion to scrap programming already commissioned and pay out severance packages.<\/p>\n<p>The media conglomerate also said it expected to take write-downs of potentially more than $4 billion in pre-tax charges through 2022.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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