A trio of trusted execs move to steady CNN after a chaotic year and Licht's exit
in the early hours of Tuesday."My pick for obvious interim leader would be the always classy and hugely talented Amy Entelis. Place your bets, folks!"
All of them will report to Zaslav, who wants the network to continue reflecting a wider variety of political viewpoints, including conservative ones, as it had begun to do under Licht. As for the idea some have floated that he might return toe WBD full time — after all, his CNN appointment was intended to help Licht right the ship — Leavy said,"This is my new job. I'm not going anywhere."While some inside CNN are breathing a sigh of relief that the Licht era is over, the bigger problem remains of reversing CNN's ratings demise and shoring up its business model.
Licht's attempts, reportedly at Zaslav's direction, to make the network a friendlier place for conservative voices never succeeded in bringing in viewers from the right, while moderate and liberal audiences have reportedly been tuning out since the infamous Trump town hall. If Licht was seen as mismanaging CNN's top talent, Entelis, in particular, is known to be the queen of talent.
"Amy's a legend," a former CNN employee told Insider."She knows how to bring out the best in people."
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