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CNN names Mark Thompson, former BBC and New York Times executive, as its new leader
1 year, 3 months ago

CNN names Mark Thompson, former BBC and New York Times executive, as its new leader

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A former chief executive of the BBC and The New York Times who says he sees opportunity in times of disruption was chosen Wednesday to lead CNN, which has burned through two leaders and bled viewers over the past two years. Mark Thompson was appointed as CNN’s new chair and CEO by the network’s parent company, Warner …

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Former New York Times and BBC exec Mark Thompson will lead CNN
1 year, 3 months ago

Former New York Times and BBC exec Mark Thompson will lead CNN

LA Times  

Mark Thompson in 2016, when he was chief executive officer of the New York Times. Mark Thompson, a veteran news executive who held top jobs at the BBC and the New York Times, will be the new head of CNN with a mandate to accelerate the cable news channel’s march into the digital media future. Thompson’s hiring is a signal …

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CNN ousts CEO Chris Licht after a brief, tumultuous tenure
1 year, 6 months ago

CNN ousts CEO Chris Licht after a brief, tumultuous tenure

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The chief executive CNN pushed out of a job on Wednesday faced mounting problems in his first year leading the struggling network: viewership and profits were declining, programming blunders were growing and the network’s journalists were losing confidence by the day. “This really caps a tumultuous year for CNN that has seen shrinking profits, programming mistakes and …

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Chris Licht ousted as CNN chairman as network faces leadership crisis
1 year, 6 months ago

Chris Licht ousted as CNN chairman as network faces leadership crisis

LA Times  

Chris Licht, the beleaguered chairman of CNN, is stepping down, marking an abrupt end to the executive’s rocky 13-month tenure. Zaslav told CNN staffers that Licht’s job was “never going to be easy” and said he wished him well. And I take full responsibility for that.” Zaslav told CNN employees the company would be “conducting a wide search” internally and …

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Colbert gives sendoff as his producer gets ready to lead CNN
2 years, 9 months ago

Colbert gives sendoff as his producer gets ready to lead CNN

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — As his executive producer, Chris Licht, prepares to take over as the new chief of CNN, Stephen Colbert joked late Monday that its name will now stand for Colbert News Network. Prior to joining Colbert, Licht had been executive producer of the “CBS This Morning” news show and, before that, helped develop and produced “Morning Joe” with …

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