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After CNN became part of Warner Bros. Discovery, Licht, a former news and late-night talk show producer, was named chairman in April 2022.
“All the Super Bowl titles and statistical records speak for themselves, but the impact he had on so many people through the years is what I appreciate the most,” Licht said.
“And Chris (Licht) was not like that.”
Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/6/6/23751714/cnn-future-chris-licht
And CNN will remain dead unless CNN chief Chris Licht does a personnel enema.
Source: https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2023/03/29/nolte-zombie-network-cnn-lost-61-viewers-march/
A number of high-profile departures have roiled the network, including Licht and hosts Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo, who were also fired within the past two years.
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/30/cnn-mark-thompson-00113439
At this point I’m assuming the only reason Licht is sticking with Lemon is that he has some ridiculous contract which would have to pay off if it wanted to fire him.
Source: https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/02/17/has-cnn-finally-realized-don-lemon-is-a-dope-n531440
Before CNN, Licht had worked as a showrunner for CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and MSNBC's "Morning Joe," hosted by former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough.
Source: https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/1538329-cnn-chief-chris-licht-ends-turbulent-run-network/
CNN CEO Chris Licht said in a subsequent message: ‘Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years.
Even before CEO Chris Licht was let go for the sacrilege of trying to get the network to be less relentlessly, tiresomely, in-your-face, radical left-wing, CNN had been bleeding talent and bleeding viewers.
Leavy had been assisting Licht in recent weeks on a search for a new operating chief, according to a person familiar with the matter, part of a bid to unify the executive’s bench of senior reports.
Source: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cnn-david-leavy-chief-operating-officer-1235630226/
Licht argued that the media’s blind spots owe to a lack of diversity—and not the lack of diversity that he sees newsrooms obsessing over.
Source: https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/06/02/tough-times-at-cnn-n555286
Licht arrived at CNN in April, replacing the Programming changes have moved at a slow pace, as part of Licht’s job so far has been to reduce costs under a mandate from debt-ridden Warner Bros. Discovery.
Licht discussed in mid-November the importance of not just covering the “noise” regarding the loudest voices in U.S. politics while addressing past criticisms that CNN helped to propel into the White House in 2016.
Licht fed ammunition to his critics, including a shambolic town hall with and ratings that sometimes put CNN in fourth place behind Newsmax.
Source: https://nypost.com/2023/06/09/cnn-showed-licht-the-door-after-he-spoke-truth-to-woke-power/
Licht had encouraged CNN to find a middle ground and flex its newsgathering muscles.
Source: https://qz.com/cnn-names-mark-thompson-former-bbc-and-new-york-times-1850787935
Licht has been taking a different approach to programming the 9 p.m. ET slot, with a mix of shows and formats rather than giving one personality a five-nights-a-week gig.
Source: https://deadline.com/2023/04/cnn-gayle-king-charles-barkley-primetime-1235334133/
Licht is also trying to rebuild CNN’s struggling prime-time lineup.
Mr. Licht has retained the firm support of his boss, David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, which acquired CNN last year.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/business/media/cnn-ratings-primetime.html
Placing her at the noontime program is the latest maneuver in a wholesale reworking of the bulk of CNN’s daytime schedule under CEO Chris Licht.
Source: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/dana-bash-cnn-inside-politics-john-king-1235596520/
Television producer Chris Licht attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception on April 11, 2019, in New York.