Category: Chris Licht

CNN CEO Chris Licht Is Out Just Weeks After Trump Town Hall

Chris Licht, who was named as CNN’s chairman and CEO about a year ago, will depart the corporate news network, said the chief executive of CNN’s parent company. David Zaslav, the head of Warner Bros. Discovery which owns CNN, said that he “met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN,” according to a report…


Major Media Shakeup: Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News While CNN Dumps Don Lemon

In a major media shakeup, Fox News has parted ways with No. 1 host Tucker Carlson, and CNN parted ways with scandal-prone Don Lemon. What will this do to the media landscape? Talent-wise, anyone can replace Don Lemon. But Fox News will be the one counting their losses when it comes to Tucker Carlson. Carlson…


This Is What Chris Licht Said When He Became The New CEO of CNN–Has He Done It? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 125

When Chris Licht became the new CEO of CNN, he claimed he wants CNN to go back to its supposed roots of being fair and non-partisan. But has there really been any change? Tim Graham, the director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org sits down with…


CNN Records Lowest Ratings Week in 9 Years

CNN is ending January on a low note—the lowest the news network has seen in nine years, to be exact. According to The Wrap, for the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 22, Nielsen ratings showed CNN averaged just 444,000 primetime viewers, with 93,000 in the crucial 25–54 age demographic. For daytime programming, the network…


CNN CEO Chris Licht Takes Aim at ‘Vitriol’ From Left Amid Effort to Make Network Less Partisan

CNN CEO Chris Licht has taken aim at the “vitriol” directed at him from liberals over changes that have been made at the network since he took over earlier this year, calling it “stunning.” Licht took over CNN in May after President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned in February following an investigation into former anchor Chris Cuomo’s…


New CNN CEO Reveals How Network Will Cover Trump After 2024 White House Announcement

Chris Licht, CNN’s new top executive, said his channel will not cover former President Donald Trump as much as during his White House term and 2016 campaign. “We have fact-checkers ready to go. We will put things in perspective. We will not let everything he does consume the news cycle, right?” Licht told “On with…