CNN is cutting about 200 jobs as it focuses on a digital future, the network announced today, while its CEO Mark Thompson unveiled plans for a new subscription streaming service. In a memo to staffers, Thompson wrote, “Our objective is a simple one: to shift CNN’s gravity towards the platforms and products where the audience […]
'It didn’t work the first time we tried to launch a streaming service. But THIS time…"
Wait a second, didn’t CNN launch a streaming service to great fanfare, then kill it deader than Dillinger before it launched, laying off hundreds when it did. Now they’re laying off hundreds to launch it again? I’m not sure CNN is on the level, folks.
Nice. Was looking for something new to subscribe to! Idiots blathering on for 24h about things I could read about and be more informed within 10minutes is a perfect thing for me to throw money I don’t really have at.
And all it cost to make was 200 people’s livelihoods! A real bargain!
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CNN++?
CNN Double Plus Good.
Who would subscribe to this? If it’s just CNN all the time, that sounds like a damn nightmare.
How else am I gonna torture the people chained up in my basement when I have to work?
Let them die.
