Don Lemon is out at CNN.CNN said on Monday that it was parting ways with Mr. Lemon, a star anchor who was a fixture of the network’s prime-time lineup before […]
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Back to news homeCNN’s Prime-Time Experiment Is Off to a Slow Start
CNN’s new chairman, Chris Licht, debuted a novel experiment last month to revive his network’s flagging prime-time ratings, betting that viewers would tune in for a mix of exclusive interviews […]
The New Prime Time for TV News: Afternoons
There’s a new prime time in TV news: the afternoons.The biggest draw on Fox News is not Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity; it’s “The Five,” the 5 p.m. chat show […]
CNN’s Chairman Rebukes Don Lemon Over His Nikki Haley Comments
Don Lemon, the CNN morning-show anchor, faced an internal rebuke from the chairman of his own network on Friday after his on-air comments about women and aging set off an […]
The Education of CNN’s Chris Licht
On Oct. 13, Mr. Licht made his debut in front of Warner Brother Discovery’s board at a hotel in Los Angeles, where he outlined both his growth and content strategy. […]
How Did AT&T’s $100 Billion Time Warner Deal Go So Wrong?
A year later, in the summer of 2016, Mr. Ginsberg, Time Warner’s head of communications, had breakfast with Peter Chernin, his former boss at News Corp. and a trusted adviser […]
TV Prepares for a Chaotic Midterm Night
Broadcasters face challenges as they approach the climax of an election season marked by disinformation and distrust. Read More
HBO, HBO Max and Discovery+ report a combined total of 92.1M subscribers, plans for major restructuring
Warner Bros. Discovery revealed its second-quarter results — its first quarterly earnings since the $43 billion merger. The total number of direct-to-consumer subscribers across HBO, HBO Max and Discovery+ was […]
Profits Slump at CNN as Ratings Plummet
One of the first moves the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery made when it took over CNN was shutting down CNN+, the nascent streaming service that was touted as the […]
CNN Enters the Post-Jeff Zucker Era. Bye-Bye ‘Breaking News’ Banners.
CNN’s ubiquitous “Breaking News” banner is gone, now reserved for instances of truly urgent events. Snarky on-screen captions — “Angry Trump Turns Briefing Into Propaganda Session,” for instance — are […]