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Title: CNN+ sleeps with the fishes (cancelled after 23 days)
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on April 21, 2022, 11:48:59 AM
Warner Bros. Discovery will reportedly shut down CNN+ 23 days after announcing the streaming service.

Warner Bros. Discovery will nix the streaming service on April 30 just after CNN after having fewer than 10,000 daily views, according to reports. The move comes after CNN was acquired by the parent company, Variety reported:

Spokespersons for CNN and Warner Bros. Discovery could not be reached for immediate comment. The decision puts an end to a venture that people familiar with the matter say rankled David Zaslav, the new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, from the start. Zaslav was annoyed by the decison of Jason Kilar, the former CEO of WarnerMedia when it was owned by AT&T, to launch CNN+ just weeks before Discovery was set to take over operations.

Chris Licht, the incoming CEO of CNN, sent a memo to staffers Thursday morning about “an important meeting” to be held at noon, and is at that time expected to inform employees about the decision, these people said. Licht has already told Andrew Morse, the CNN executive vice president who oversees the newly-launched streaming-video outlet, of the decision, these people said. Morse could not be reached for immediate comment.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/04/21/report-warner-bros-discovery-to-cancel-cnn-just-23-days-after-launch-announcement/

:nelson:
Title: Re: CNN+ sleeps with the fishes (cancelled after 23 days)
Post by: Eupher on April 21, 2022, 12:32:57 PM
Dupe. My post was later, so mods please delete this one:

https://conservativecave.com/cave/index.php?topic=129009.0
Title: Re: CNN+ sleeps with the fishes (cancelled after 23 days)
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on April 21, 2022, 04:27:35 PM
Quote from: Eupher on April 21, 2022, 12:32:57 PM
Dupe. My post was later, so mods please delete this one:

https://conservativecave.com/cave/index.php?topic=129009.0

We were obviously thinking along the same lines at nearly the same time. :cheersmate:
Title: Re: CNN+ sleeps with the fishes (cancelled after 23 days)
Post by: ABC-2 on April 21, 2022, 05:36:58 PM

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CNN+ sleeps with the fishes

And why should the poor fishes be subjected to such punishment?

Why can't CNN+ go somewhere else to die? 

Not fair!!!   :-)
Title: Re: CNN+ sleeps with the fishes (cancelled after 23 days)
Post by: Ptarmigan on April 21, 2022, 06:18:46 PM
Well gees. CNN+ was an epic failure.
Title: Re: CNN+ sleeps with the fishes (cancelled after 23 days)
Post by: DefiantSix on April 21, 2022, 06:22:28 PM
Quote from: Ptarmigan on April 21, 2022, 06:18:46 PM
Well gees. CNN+ was an epic failure.

They'd need about 200,000 more subscribers before they could claim to be an 'epic failure'.
 :rulez:
Title: Re: CNN+ sleeps with the fishes (cancelled after 23 days)
Post by: Eupher on April 21, 2022, 09:12:18 PM
Quote from: DefiantSix on April 21, 2022, 06:22:28 PM
They'd need about 200,000 more subscribers before they could claim to be an 'epic failure'.
 :rulez:

Yep, we've transcended "epic" and gone right to "catastrophic" failure.

Ain't it good?  :-)
Title: Re: CNN+ sleeps with the fishes (cancelled after 23 days)
Post by: Drafe Hoblin on April 22, 2022, 03:51:42 AM
In a way, it's the People's gift to President Trump.  NOT subscribing.  Letting it tank.

And this is just the beginning.