Posted on 12/11/2012 11:50:51 AM PST by Domandred
New CNN programming chief Jeff Zucker will reportedly replace Soledad O'Brien, the host of the network's morning show "Starting Point," with Erin Burnett, who currently hosts "Outfront," which airs at 7 p.m. on the struggling cable news network.
The New York Post reported that Zucker is “looking at Erin Burnett to revive the cabler’s moribund morning ratings” and quotes a CNN source who said Zucker will team Burnett “up with a guy, and they’ll go after the audience watching ‘Today’ and ‘Good Morning America.’" O'Brien recently told a college audience that when she first heard of Zucker's hire, she thought, "Yes!" because Zucker "knows news. He knows winning. He knows morning TV.”
“To me, Jeff Zucker is synonymous with winning,” O’Brien said last week at Drexel University, according to Media Bistro. “He’s an incredible news executive. I want to be on a team that strategizes how to win. It’s great to have a leader … I’m thrilled.”
Apparently, Zucker believes CNN's best chance to win the ratings race in the morning is without O'Brien.
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Burnett grew up in Mardela Springs, Maryland. She is the youngest daughter of corporate attorney Kenneth King Burnett and Esther Margaret Burnett (née Stewart).[5][6] She attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware, graduating in 1994,[7] and returned in 2009 to deliver the commencement speech.[8][9] Burnett attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she studied political science and economics, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in political economy. As an undergraduate, she played lacrosse and field hockey.[10][11]
She is engaged to Citigroup executive David Rubulotta.[12
Where is diversity? Why are there no fat ugly chicks on TV? It isn’t fair! OK, there is Whoopi.
CNN has Candy Crowley. She looks like she ate North Korea
Soledad will be working there somewhere, That drop of black blood she has will keep her from getting fired.
Candy Crowley anyone?
Run away...far away.
Thank you. I stand corrected....
Thank you. I stand corrected....
Erin should have a name like Leavenworth. It just won’t be quite the same.
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