CNN chief told staffers Monday he wants to help them make the news rather than being a central figure in it. In the wake of a devastating profile of the CNN CEO in The Atlantic, Licht set about soo…
chief told staffers Monday he wants to help them make the news rather than being a central figure in it.
In the wake of a devastating profile of the CNN CEO in The Atlantic, Licht set about soothing frayed nerves Monday by telling employees on the news outlet’s regular morning call that “I should not be in the news unless it’s taking arrows for you. Your work is what should be written about,” according to two people familiar with the matter,
The words are the first from Licht to be made public since Friday’s Atlantic piece, which unveiled some of the executive’s struggles during his first year on the job at the-backed news outlet. David Zaslav, the CEO of the parent company, has articulated a strategy of eliminating some of the activist bent that resounded at CNN under its previous chief, Jeff Zucker.
“To those whose trust I’ve lost, I will fight like hell to win it back, because you deserve a leader who will be in the trenches, fighting to ensure CNN remains the world’s most trusted name in news,” Licht said, according to the people familiar with the meeting. Licht also informed staffers he would be moving to a new office that sits adjacent to CNN’s New York newsgathering team. The executive had previously been located in an area a few floors above the journalism staff, which had become accustomed to having Zucker sit in their midst. The move comes as Warner Bros. Discovery is shuffling some of its leased holdings at its New York headquarters at the Hudson Yards complex.
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