Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Brian Stelter: CNN+ ‘Doomed Because of the Timing of the Merger’
Breitbart ^ | 04/24/2022 | Pam Key

Posted on 04/24/2022 9:54:52 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

CNN host Brian Stelter claimed Sunday on “Reliable Sources” that the failed attempt to make CNN+ a viable streaming service was because of the merger of the new owner’s Warner Bros. Discovery.

Stelter said, “What a turbulent week for major media companies with CNN, Netflix, Disney and Twitter all left spinning with no stopping in sight. Here at CNN, new ownership decided to shut down the CNN+ streaming service less than a month after it was launched by the previous management team. The u-turn was front-page news, stunning news and painful news for everyone involved. Years of development possibly down the drain. Some of the shows may never be seen. Hundreds of staffers may be laid off, though the company is trying to place many of them in new jobs. Amid these bruising headlines, folks are trying to make sense of it. Some partisans are believing the predictable talking points about politics, but the truth is, this was a corporate move. This CNN+ service was doomed because of the timing of the merger and clashing strategies. The new owner has plans to compline multiple streaming platforms to make one big challenger for Netflix.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brianstelter; chriswallace; clintonnonnews; cnn; cnnminus; cnnplus; costanza; doomed; georgecostanza; hunterbiden; jeffreytoobin; merger; pisswallace; stelter
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-29 next last
What a stupid thing to say
1 posted on 04/24/2022 9:54:52 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Everything he says is stupid


2 posted on 04/24/2022 9:55:39 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

CNN+ = Extra fake news streaming all the time and you pay for it 🤪

That’s why it failed


3 posted on 04/24/2022 9:56:48 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe potato head can learn to code 😛😛. I’ll miss Mark Dice’s Stelter impersonations 🤔


4 posted on 04/24/2022 9:59:06 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

So what is Brian saying? That his bosses have extremely bad business judgement? His bosses are full of it? Why didn’t Brian warn them they were going down the wrong road, if Brian is so smart about these things?


5 posted on 04/24/2022 9:59:24 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Stelter’s words are themselves an explanation for the subtraction of CNN+ from the airwaves. Mama always said “Stupid is as stupid does.”


6 posted on 04/24/2022 10:02:53 AM PDT by Quentin Quarantino (q)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27
And IF... CNN host Brian Stelter claimed Sunday on “Reliable Sources” that the SUCCESSFUL CNN+ streaming service was because of the merger of the new owner’s Warner Bros. Discovery. Ready excuses!
7 posted on 04/24/2022 10:04:16 AM PDT by existentially_kuffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dilbert San Diego

He’s an idiot Jim.


8 posted on 04/24/2022 10:05:07 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

“CNN host Brian Stelter claimed Sunday on “Reliable Sources” that the failed attempt to make CNN+ a viable streaming service was because of the merger of the new owner’s Warner Bros. Discovery.”

next week CNN’s resident midget eunuch will be blaming the demise of CNN+ on the russkie-uke war ...


9 posted on 04/24/2022 10:05:12 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

10 posted on 04/24/2022 10:05:39 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Tater is a dumb sh**.


11 posted on 04/24/2022 10:13:08 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: newfreep

12 posted on 04/24/2022 10:13:22 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Just go away now Porky.


13 posted on 04/24/2022 10:13:23 AM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what you get when gullible children run a 'news' channel.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Took them a week to think this up.


14 posted on 04/24/2022 10:15:19 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Brian needs to take a look at CNN’s overall numbers for the past few years before he starts claiming that there were diamonds in that huge pile of horse droppings.


15 posted on 04/24/2022 10:16:55 AM PDT by Billthedrill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Let Highpants sweat it.


16 posted on 04/24/2022 10:17:47 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

There is probably considerable truth in this. The mind boggling thing is that AT&T would proceed with a major new strategic initiative even as the sale of WarnerMedia neared completion — and do so without a full buy in from Discovery and despite recurring reports that Discovery was in fact opposed.

AT&T’s bungling of its WarnerMedia misadventure will live on forever in the annals of business school case studies of sheer, gobsmacking incompetence.


17 posted on 04/24/2022 10:21:17 AM PDT by sphinx
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m pretty sure New Coke failed because of early global warming.


18 posted on 04/24/2022 10:24:28 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

“What a turbulent week for major media companies with CNN, Netflix, Disney and Twitter all left spinning with no stopping in sight.”

++++++++++++

This makes me happy.


19 posted on 04/24/2022 10:53:08 AM PDT by Qiviut (🍊 #standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: catnipman

Maybe not. Isnt the merger just about to close? He may not be employed next week. I’m thinking he’s not going to survivor the takeover


20 posted on 04/24/2022 11:05:17 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-29 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson