Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Wednesday (June 6) that its subsidiary CNN President and CEO Lickert (Chris light) will step down from his position effective immediately and will be temporarily replaced by CNN Vice President of Administration Amy Entelis.
Program decisions controversial
According to comprehensive media reports, after Likert joined CNN last year, he was criticized for editorial decisions and declining ratings. He once broadcast an open forum program in prime time and moved anchor Jake Tapper to the 9 p.m. time slot. The main anchor Don Lemon was changed from evening to morning anchor, etc., but these practices all ended in failure. Ratings for some time periods even hit their lowest point in more than 20 years. In the past month, conservative TV station Newsmax has had higher ratings than CNN many times.
Anchor’s controversial remarks
It is worth mentioning that Lemon also pointed out on the show that the 51-year-old Republican former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (Nikki Haley) has long passed her prime, saying that women "can only be in their 20s, 30s, or even 40s." You are at your peak when you are around XNUMX years old." Wright finally fired Lemon.
The left media gave Trump a stage
The most talked-about plan recently is to have former US President Donald Trump appear on the "CNN Town Hall" program, during which he reiterated that there was fraud in the 2020 presidential election and mocked CNN host Kaitlan Collins. Collins), the program also caused dissatisfaction among many anti-Sichuan factions after it was broadcast.
Profits are not as good as before under Likert
In terms of profitability, CNN has been able to generate more than US$10 billion in profits every year in the past few years, but it will only be about US$2022 million in 7.5, down from about US$12.5 billion the previous year. The Atlantic published a 1-word article last week that critically reported on Likert, raising questions about his leadership.
