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CNN+ is shutting down, effective April 30, sources say
CNBC ^ | 4/21/22 | Alex Sherman

Posted on 04/21/2022 8:57:39 AM PDT by Levy78

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To: ConservativeInPA

Interesting you want to keep ABC/CBS/NBC open.


21 posted on 04/21/2022 9:05:37 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Levy78

Given it was Jeff Zucker’s personal pet project, no wonder it shut down quickly. They should have never launched it in the first place.


22 posted on 04/21/2022 9:05:51 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Ann Archy

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy...but since Wallace has been in the TV business a long time, I’m guessing he has a competent agent and/or attorney, meaning he has a guaranteed contract. So, he will sit at his waterfront home in Maryland and collect millions for the next few years.

When Megan Kelly got dumped by NBC—less than two years into her mega-bucks contract—the network was on the hook for the full amount: $69 million. Entertainment, sports and news are among the few places you can fail spectacularly, but wind up set for life financially....


23 posted on 04/21/2022 9:06:00 AM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: Levy78

CNN: “Our free news station is losing money- so let’s charge people for it”

Which smart person thought of that?


24 posted on 04/21/2022 9:06:28 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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Interesting you want to keep ABC/CBS/NBC open.

Oh, I forgot those existed. lol

25 posted on 04/21/2022 9:07:46 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Levy78

LOL LOL LOL that’s what happens when the only ones forced to watch CNN are at the airport


26 posted on 04/21/2022 9:08:16 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Ann Archy

He’ll be reporting it on his youtube channel that gets fewer viewers than the the chick who smashes her face in a pie.


27 posted on 04/21/2022 9:08:45 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Levy78

It is said that before you even start a new business, you need to expect it to not be profitable for at least a year. When a business closes down as soon as CNN+ is, it doesn’t mean it was a failure.

It means it was a catastrophic failure on multiple levels. They believed their own BS, for starters.


28 posted on 04/21/2022 9:08:45 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Levy78

Streaming services are becoming highly competitive. Warner should probably have realized from CNN’s poor ratings that not enough people would be interested to make it worthwhile. Leftist tripe is being funded by those who are subscribing to cable, satellite, and yes streaming services which still force consumers to pay for crap that they never watch.


29 posted on 04/21/2022 9:09:06 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: RayChuang88

The Discovery team is very focused on the bottom line, as is their largest shareholder, John Malone. He has let it be known that changes must be made at CNN, and you’re starting to see them. If I were Brian Stelter, I’d be polishing my audition tape—and fast. Malone has described Stelter as a “cancer” at the network. That doesn’t sound very promising, in terms of long-term employment prospects.


30 posted on 04/21/2022 9:09:53 AM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: Levy78

Bottom line, BS walks.


31 posted on 04/21/2022 9:10:26 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: Levy78
Next month they will premier CNN- to even things out!
32 posted on 04/21/2022 9:11:57 AM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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33 posted on 04/21/2022 9:12:49 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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34 posted on 04/21/2022 9:13:09 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Levy78

>> “ is shutting down CNN+, according to two people familiar with the matter.”

That would be the two viewers.


35 posted on 04/21/2022 9:13:20 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: Ann Archy

“What about Chrissy Wallace”

Whatever happens it’ll be too good.

I don’t believe in karma but if I did this is it.


36 posted on 04/21/2022 9:14:34 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Levy78

nonetheless, i sure hope they keep the CNN- service ... which is the pay service that guarantees you won’t see CNN or anything related to it, no matter where you might be ...


37 posted on 04/21/2022 9:15:09 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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38 posted on 04/21/2022 9:16:40 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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39 posted on 04/21/2022 9:17:05 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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40 posted on 04/21/2022 9:17:13 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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