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Fox News Posts Big Gains To Top January Ratings; MSNBC And CNN See Signs Of Viewer Return Following Post-Election Tune-Out
Fox News topped the ratings in January, posting big gains from a year earlier, while MSNBC saw signs that viewers were coming back after a post-election tune-out.
In primetime, Fox News averaged 2.78 million viewers, up 40% from the same month a year earlier, while MSNBC averaged 734,000, down…
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By Ted Johnson
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Jim Acosta Announces Departure From CNN With A Message: “It Is Never A Good Time To Bow Down To A Tyrant”
UPDATED, with additional comment: Jim Acosta told viewers this morning that he would be leaving CNN, departing after the network took his morning show off the schedule as part of an anchor shuffle.
“I’m grateful to CNN for the nearly 18 years I’ve spent here doing the news,” Acosta said. “People…
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By Ted Johnson
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CNN Shuffles Lineup With New Spots For Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer & Kasie Hunt; Jim Acosta’s Show Bumped From Mornings
CNN unveiled details of changes to its daytime and afternoon lineup Thursday, with Wolf Blitzer moving to mornings to anchor The Situation Room with Pamela Brown, Jake Tapper getting a new time slot, and Kasie Hunt shifting to afternoons.
There is no word on what will happen to Jim Acosta, as…
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By Ted Johnson
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CNN Hires Andrew Roy From CBS For Top London-Based Foreign News Role
CNN has hired Andrew Roy from CBS News to take a top role as London bureau chief and general manager of Europe, Middle East and Asia coverage.
Roy has been vice president and London bureau chief at CBS News since 2022, having previously worked for the BBC for 34 years.
CNN said that Roy…
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By Ted Johnson
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CNN To Launch New Streaming Service As It Sets Sights On Digital Future; About 200 Jobs To Be Cut In Restructuring
CNN is cutting about 200 jobs as it focuses on a digital future, the network said Thursday, while its CEO Mark Thompson unveiled plans for a new subscription streaming service.
In a memo to staffers, Thompson wrote, “Our objective is a simple one: to shift CNN"s gravity towards the platforms and…
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By Ted Johnson
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CNN Expected To Announce Substantial Job Cuts
CNN is expected to announce significant job cuts this week, part of CEO Mark Thompson’s long-in-the-works restructuring plans to place more emphasis on the digital future.
CNBC first reported on the job reductions, which could number in the hundreds. A CNN spokesperson declined comment.
As…
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Philip Rucker Exits Washington Post For New Role At CNN
Philip Rucker has joined CNN as senior vice president of editorial strategy and news, departing The Washington Post after 20 years.
Rucker has most recently been national editor at the Post, the latest top journalist to leave the publication. Others who have exited recently include Josh Dawsey…
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By Ted Johnson
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Trump Inauguration: President Withdraws From Paris Climate Accords, Plans To Pardon January 6th Rioters
Donald Trump took to the rally-like atmosphere of Capital One Arena to sign a series of executive orders, including one that withdraws from the Paris Climate Accords and others that freeze much of non-military federal hiring and new regulations.
Trump also signed an order rescinding 78 of Joe…
Elon Musk Offers Trump Inauguration Rally A Nazi-Like Salute; CNN Calls It “Odd Looking”
Elon Musk offered Donald Trump supporters what looked a lot like a Nazi salute on live TV to cheers from the MAGA crowd Monday at Trump’s post-swearing-in inauguration rally in Washington, D.C..
As social media exploded with condemnation of what some were calling a "Sieg Heil," with some others…
CNN Reaches Settlement With Security Consultant After Jury Found Network Liable For Defamation Over Afghan Evacuation Story — Update
UPDATE: CNN reached a settlement with a security consultant this afternoon, hours after a jury found the network liable for defamation and awarded him $5 million.
Judge William Henry announced the settlement as jurors were deliberating in the second phase of the trial, to determine how much in…
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By Ted Johnson
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CNN May Move Jim Acosta To Midnight ET Slot, Sparking Concerns Over Timing As Donald Trump Takes Office
CNN has told anchor Jim Acosta that they want to move him from his morning ET slot to midnight ET, a less high profile time period where cable news networks have traditionally run reruns of programming from earlier in the day.
Acosta has anchored a 10 am. ET show for almost a year, having moved…
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By Ted Johnson
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Jury Starts Deliberations In Security Consultant’s Defamation Case Against CNN Over Report On Afghan Evacuation “Black Market”
A Florida jury began deliberations this afternoon in a security consultant’s defamation lawsuit against CNN.
Zachary Young sued the network following a report in 2021 that he sought exorbitant fees to evacuate Afghans in what amounted to a black market in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal.
The…
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