Inside CNN after the stunning resignation of Jeff Zucker

Reliable Sources

CNN

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3.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Brian Stelter shares the latest reporting about the sudden resignation of CNN boss Jeff Zucker. Claire Atkinson of Insider, Sara Fischer of Axios and Oliver Darcy of CNN analyze the news and what it means for the network. "It's like 'The Sopranos' and 'The Godfather' all rolled into one story," Atkinson says. The reporters also discuss the CNN+ streaming service, ABC News turmoil, and Rachel Maddow's hiatus from her MSNBC program. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The long-time leader of CNN has just been forced out of his job.
0:06.0	The entire CNN newsroom is in shock and so are many people in the wider news industry.
0:12.6	It seems like nobody saw this coming.
0:16.2	So what happened?
0:18.4	No, what really happened?
0:20.7	Why now?
0:22.5	And what's next for CNN?
0:25.4	Those are a few of the questions for this week's Reliable Sources podcast.
0:30.0	So let's cue the music.
0:36.4	I'm Brian Stelter and this weekly podcast is our chance to go more in-depth with media leaders
0:41.7	and newsmakers talking about how the media world really works.
0:46.9	And this week, as you can imagine, we are covering a story right in our proverbial backyard.
0:54.4	I'm actually borrowing my colleague Oliver Darcy's office right now.
0:58.2	He's going to come back in in a few moments.
1:00.4	We've spent the better part of the last 25, 26 hours in here covering the news of Jeff Zooker's
1:07.9	stunning resignation from CNN.
1:11.2	Zooker has led CNN for the past nine years.
1:14.8	He has transformed CNN in many ways and staffers here are incredibly loyal to him.
1:22.5	It came as a shock when he announced he was resigning
1:26.8	Wednesday, this is Wednesday, February 2nd, around 11 a.m. Eastern time.
1:31.0	He said he was resigning because he did not disclose his relationship, a romantic relationship
1:37.4	with Allison Gullest, his chief marketing officer.
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