CNN Lays Off More Than 40 Journalists
Reorg ahoy!
CNN has laid off more than 40 senior journalists in its newsgathering operation – including a pregnant producer who was two weeks away from giving birth to twins – as part of a reorganisation of the business under Jeff Zucker.
The cutting of production and editorial staff at the Time Warner-owned group comes as Mr Zucker tries to re-establish CNN as the dominant force in 24 hour cable news, a crown it lost several years ago to Fox News Channel.
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CNN employs journalists?
Perhaps being a cheerleader for a corrupt government isn't such a good business model? Good riddance to bad legacy media. I hope CNN fails into oblivion.
Hey, if they go belly up, there'll only be four or five "news" orgs licking Obo's boots.