David Zaslav Assumes Complete Accountability for Chris Licht at CNN

During an editorial call on Wednesday, David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery and the corporate boss of CNN, took responsibility for hiring Chris Licht, the network boss who was let go after a disastrous 13-month tenure. Zaslav told CNN personnel that they are conducting a “wide search” internally and externally for a new …

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CNN’s Meltdown Revealed from Within

This article was originally posted on The Atlantic’s One Story to Read Today newsletter on June 2, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. ET. In an interview with Chris Licht, the chair and CEO of CNN Worldwide, in the fall of 2022, Licht stated that he believed the media has learned from the coverage of Donald Trump’s …

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