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Call me crazy, but could the new CNN+ be the eventual replacement for CNN itself?  

 

With all of the problems that CNN has incurred over the past decade, it could be a "fresh start" for them.   Put all of the investment into the new standalone service and let CNN wither away over time.  One day, when CNN is a shell of itself (like HLN is now), Plus takes over what is left and CNN is new again. It gives them a chance to re-negoitiate carriage so they can get the a-la-carte customers and those who still have "Pay TV" however they get it.

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5 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Call me crazy, but could the new CNN+ be the eventual replacement for CNN itself?  

 

With all of the problems that CNN has incurred over the past decade, it could be a "fresh start" for them.   Put all of the investment into the new standalone service and let CNN wither away over time.  One day, when CNN is a shell of itself (like HLN is now), Plus takes over what is left and CNN is new again. It gives them a chance to re-negoitiate carriage so they can get the a-la-carte customers and those who still have "Pay TV" however they get it.

While we're at it can we eighty-six HLN and perhaps replace it with an American feed of CNN International.

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44 minutes ago, iron_lion said:

While we're at it can we eighty-six HLN and perhaps replace it with an American feed of CNN International.

And move all of the "murder porn" to TruTV....whatever that network is....

They should have never cast off the CourtTV brand, and now it's in Katz/Scripps hands.  And like HLN, it also airs Forensic Files every now and then!

 

Had it been a decade earlier, Adult Swim could have gotten it's own network too, instead of being half of Cartoon Network.

 

But back to CNN, it needs a reset, and sadly, it may take another merger or divestiture to do that.  NewsNation is trying to make their own mark, and is failing miserably on the ashes of Superstation WGN.

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18 hours ago, CLETVFan said:

Could Chris Wallace also be in the running to replace Chris Cuomo in primetime?

The primetime hour does better (i.e., attracts more viewers) with an opinionated host than a facts-only host.  Wallace is the latter.

 

16 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Call me crazy, but could the new CNN+ be the eventual replacement for CNN itself?  

That's the long-game every media entity launching a streaming service is playing.  In the short term it may be an additional source of revenue (or medium term, as in the short term they may incur a loss).  But in the long term, they're betting cable will become obsolete, and people will pick and choose which streaming services to subscribe to for their primary content consumption.  Those with well-established streaming platforms when that time comes will be better positioned than those racing to catch up.

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Its a new year -- one year since the huge political breakdown that was January 6th --and cable news, CNN more specifically, remains in a hyper partisan state. With the prospect of Jeff Zucker leaving sometime in the near future, do you all think we'll ever get past this overly political version of CNN?

 

I have my doubts especially given the possibly of a third Trump run in 2024.

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As mentioned in "CNN to Launch CNN+":

3 minutes ago, Action Newsroom said:

Wolf Blitzer will anchor a primetime program titled The Newscast with Wolf Blitzer.

 

According to the network, it will be “hitting the headlines you need to know on this traditional evening news show with a sleek, modern twist. The old-school nostalgic approach featuring original reporting from around the world, investigations, and consumer focused stories that matter help put the latest headlines in perspective.”

 

He will continue anchor The Situation Room on CNN proper.

 

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Report: Jeff Zucker Recently Approached Gayle King About Hosting CNN’s 9 PM Hour.


I just can’t envision it, not at all. It really looks like CNN doesn’t know what to do with the 9PM hour. It would’ve been a good deal for Gayle as she could’ve lived closer to family apparently, but I’d rather have her at CBS. Jeff Zucker looks even more desperate. 
https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/report-jeff-zucker-recently-approached-gayle-king-about-hosting-cnns-9-pm-hour/499147/

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Today is a great day for everyone at CNN and News as a whole. 

Stunned? Does Brian seriously have to keep this crap up? He needs to stop letting Jeff Zucker control him. 

Best of luck to WarnerMedia in the hiring for this, a solid external investigation to really find the problems would be a great thing for the network.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out Jeff. Let's hope he remains unemployed.

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On 2/2/2022 at 1:16 PM, iron_lion said:

Good! CNN is a shell of its former self. It desperately needs new leadership.

 

You know what's also a shell of its former self? HLN. Whoever ends up in charge at CNN either needs to do something about it or let Discovery flip it into something else.


Maybe Morning Express can move to CNN+. The company already has Investigation Discovery, so HLN's catalog of non-news programming can simply move over there.

 

While I'd personally prefer to see CNN International get HLN's cable channel, I'm not holding out hope for that. Remember Al Jazeera America? It had to be US-centric to appease cable compnies, not simply Al Jazeera English.

 

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On 2/2/2022 at 11:14 AM, detroiter313 said:

I highly agree, he may never work at another broadcast network or cable channel ever again.

I would love to say that's true, but if Nexstar would love to go the 'confidential settlement' direction with Michael Corn to get him out, NewsNation would take Jeff in a heartbeat.

 

39 minutes ago, mre29 said:

 

You know what's also a shell of its former self? HLN. Whoever ends up in charge at CNN either needs to do something about it or let Discovery flip it into something else.

HLN is surplus thanks to ID, so I fear another tax purpose sellout to Bill Abbott to bump up GAC Family's carriage (even though it seems like he has no damned idea what to do with his own channel outside Christmas and Valentine's Day; airing 80s sitcoms on loop the rest of the time and trying to start a 'culture war' against your old bosses at the Hallmark Channel isn't a programming direction, Bill!).

 

And I really am not loving that CNN+ is becoming 'where the real news is'; they're giving Sanjay Gupta a show there, though he used to have a show on CNN on the weekends, another thing I hate because CNN used to have a varied non-news schedule on weekend of lots of niche shows they got rid of for docs and murder repeats. Why do they need to launch a streaming channel when they have plenty of surplus time on the main network and HLN?!

 

Also everyone's said it; their coverage of Zucker's firing makes it seem like they lost William Randolph Hearst in a mysterious airplane crash, in his prime. 🙄 They didn't help their 'pop news' rep at all this weekend.

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On 2/8/2022 at 7:24 PM, mrschimpf said:

 

And I really am not loving that CNN+ is becoming 'where the real news is'; they're giving Sanjay Gupta a show there, though he used to have a show on CNN on the weekends, another thing I hate because CNN used to have a varied non-news schedule on weekend of lots of niche shows they got rid of for docs and murder repeats. Why do they need to launch a streaming channel when they have plenty of surplus time on the main network and HLN?!

 

Also everyone's said it; their coverage of Zucker's firing makes it seem like they lost William Randolph Hearst in a mysterious airplane crash, in his prime. 🙄 They didn't help their 'pop news' rep at all this weekend.

Exactly. why not make your actual TV channel better?

 

Their reaction to Zucker's firing is giving me Fox News hosts crying about Roger Ailes's passing vibes. Is CNN talent not cognizant of how bad their network actually is?

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4 hours ago, mrschimpf said:

Why do they need to launch a streaming channel when they have plenty of surplus time on the main network and HLN?!

Because an increasing number of people, including myself, don't want to spend upwards of $60 a month on a bundle of channels. It's the same reason I prefer watching NBC News Now free on YouTube than MSNBC on expensive cable television. 

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2 hours ago, froyo49 said:

Because an increasing number of people, including myself, don't want to spend upwards of $60 a month on a bundle of channels.

 

Bingo. Heck, the only reason I still have cable TV is because I live with my mother and know she wouldn't want to give it up.

 

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