Mark Thompson, the former CEO of The New York Times Co. and director general of the BBC, is in line to be named the next head of CNN, according to multiple press reports. Thompson would succeed Chr…
Thompson would take charge of the network at time of upheaval across linear television. CNN has seen its audience slide since the last presidential election, and has been eclipsed in viewership by rivals MSNBC and Fox News even in its bread and butter: Major news events.
Thompson would be the third permanent head of the network in the last two years. Jeff Zucker departed abruptly in February, 2022, before Warner Bros. Discovery took control of the network. Zaslav picked Chris Licht, then executive producer of CBS’sto run the network. Licht, though, was ousted after just over a year in the job, after a tenure that included staff layoffs and other cutbacks.
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