{"id":698863,"date":"2025-11-12T19:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cnn-boss-mark-thompson-floated-for-return-to-scandal-tarred-bbc\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:01:15","slug":"cnn-boss-mark-thompson-floated-for-return-to-scandal-tarred-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cnn-boss-mark-thompson-floated-for-return-to-scandal-tarred-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN boss Mark Thompson floated for return to scandal-tarred BBC"},"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-6a348b9b64b03\" 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 style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348b9b64b03\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cnn-boss-mark-thompson-floated-for-return-to-scandal-tarred-bbc\/#%E2%80%9CCNN_boss_Mark_Thompson_floated_for_return_to_scandal-tarred_BBC%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;CNN boss Mark Thompson floated for return to scandal-tarred BBC&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCNN_boss_Mark_Thompson_floated_for_return_to_scandal-tarred_BBC%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;CNN boss Mark Thompson floated for return to scandal-tarred BBC&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2F115261357.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Could CNN boss Mark Thompson be headed back to London to save the BBC?<\/p>\n<p>The Status <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.status.news\/p\/disney-youtube-blackout-espn-abc-negotiations?utm_source=www.status.news&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=inside-disney-s-youtube-deadlock&amp;_bhlid=06389d8038cd2f325d7bfc8299df74f78e9f271c\">reported on Tuesday that Thompson\u2019s name<\/a> has been bandied about in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> circles as a possible candidate to return to the helm of the scandal-plagued British broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBeeb\u201d has been reeling in recent days from the sudden resignation of its top two news executives and a billion-dollar lawsuit threat from President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>CNN boss Mark Thompson is rumored to be a candidate to return to the helm of British public broadcaster BBC. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tim Davie resigned as director-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> of the BBC over the weekend. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A CNN rep told The Post on Wednesday that Thompson is \u201cfully committed to his role as Chairman and CEO of CNN and remains firmly in that role.\u201d Nonetheless, his future is far from certain.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson, the British-born executive, ran the BBC from 2004 to 2012, steering the broadcaster through scandals and editorial breaches.<\/p>\n<p>He then transformed the New York Times from a struggling print dinosaur into a digital juggernaut, growing paid digital sub<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ions from half a million to nearly 5.7 million between 2012 and 2020.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>His track record of rescuing legacy media organizations in crisis may be exactly what the BBC needs right now after the public broadcaster saw the resignation of two top executives.<\/p>\n<p>Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness both resigned dramatically on Sunday night, leaving a massive power vacuum at the top of the 102-year-old institution.<\/p>\n<p>Their exits <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/09\/uk\/bbc-leaders-resign-amid-scandal-over-trump-speech-latam-intl\">followed a firestorm over a BBC \u201cPanorama\u201d documentary<\/a> that used a deceptively edited clip of Trump\u2019s Jan. 6, 2021 speech.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Deborah Turness, who also resigned on Sunday, was the BBC\u2019s head of news. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The edit, which omitted Trump\u2019s call for supporters \u201cto peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard,\u201d was exposed in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/11\/08\/bbc-to-apologise-for-doctored-trump-speech\/\">19-page dossier by former BBC editorial adviser Michael Prescott.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s camp went nuclear on the London-based network, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/news\/2025\/11\/07\/donald-trump-attacks-bbc-bias-jan-6-speech\/\"> blasting the BBC as \u201c100% fake news\u201d and a \u201cpropaganda machine.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s lawyers<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-puts-bbc-notice-retract-apologize-false-defamatory-documentary-face-1-billion-suit\"> followed up with a letter threatening a $1 billion lawsuit <\/a>and giving the broadcaster a Friday deadline to issue a full retraction and an apology.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Warner Bros. Discover CEO David Zaslav put the company up for sale last month. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, anxiety is running high at CNN offices in Manhattan\u2019s Hudson Yards as the future of the all-news network remains murky.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. Discovery \u2014 CNN\u2019s parent company \u2014 put itself up for sale in October and plans to announce <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/10\/21\/wbd-sale-warner-bros-media.html\">a deal or company split by Christmas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That leaves Thompson, who took over CNN in 2023, in a precarious position. A new owner would likely install its own leadership, making the BBC job a potentially attractive landing spot for the network boss.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is keen on acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Comcast CEO Brian Roberts is also said to be mulling an offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The feeding frenzy for WBD is already on. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has made three separate offers for the company, with the latest a $23.50-per-share bid that WBD\u2019s board has so far rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Ellison is reportedly willing to go hostile, taking the offer directly to shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>Comcast and Netflix have also shown interest in acquiring WBD\u2019s studio and streaming assets, though they haven\u2019t made formal offers.<\/p>\n<p>Ellison, however, has a potential ace up his sleeve: Trump, who praised the Paramount chief on \u201c60 Minutes\u201d as a \u201cgreat, new leader\u201d for the media and whose administration could make it easier to gain regulatory approval for an acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has sought comment from Warner Bros. Discovery and the BBC.<\/p>\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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