Who Survives at the New CNN?

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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CNN is facing a major makeover at the hands of its new leaders David Zaslav and Chris Licht, but it could mean trouble for old correspondents. Matt brings on Puck writer and CNN expert Dylan Byers to break down Licht’s new strategy and its potential for success. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Dylan Byers Producer: Devon Manze Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.9	Welcome. It is Thursday, June 16th.
1:21.9	Today, we're going to be talking about CNN.
1:24.5	So at the height of the Trump year, CNN was rolling. It generated more than 700 million
1:31.2	in profit in 2020, that's according to S&L Kagan, less than half of Fox News, but still enormous
1:38.2	profit. It not only covered the news during the Trump era, but often it became the news when Trump would fight with CNN,
1:45.8	or its correspondence would challenge the president on particulars of his election lies,
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