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☆ NBC’s Ronna McDaniel disaster is dragging Comcast into the political firestorm
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s difficult to succinctly summarize the disastrous state of affairs at the news division, given that multiple engines are failing simultaneously. sand and refusing to dump McDaniel until after his top television personalities, including Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow, went on the air and excoriated the hire. Ironically, NBC News’ attempt to make inroads with Republicans through the hiring of McDaniel has had the opposite effect. On Wednesday, Trump spent part of the day ranting on Truth Social against the Comcast boss over the McDaniel disaster, characterizing Roberts as a weak leader whose employees are running amok. I asked Comcast spokespeople on Wednesday if either Roberts or Cavanagh were taking any action.

Persons: Brian Roberts, Cesar Conde, Conde, “, Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Puck’s Dylan Byers, Byers, Carrie Budoff Brown, Republican Richard Walters, Todd, ” Brown, Richard Walters, Stephen Labaton, Labaton bashed, Labaton, Rashida Jones, Jones, Rebecca Blumenstein, Blumenstein, I’m, Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s, Biden, Tom Cotton, Roberts, Trump, ” Trump, It’s, can’t bode, Conde’s, Michael Cavanagh, Cavanagh Organizations: New York CNN, Comcast, NBC News, NBC Universal News Group, Republican National, NBC, MSNBC, NBC News ’, Republican, NBCU, Fox, The New York Times, NBCU News, –, Comcast spokespeople Locations: New York, Miami, Washington, MSDNC

☆ What's Warner Bros. Discovery's next move? David Zaslav and John Malone offer clues
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In this article WBDPARA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTDavid Zaslav, CEO and president of Warner Bros. Media company valuations have been plummeting amid streaming video losses, traditional TV subscriber defections, and a down advertising market. Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Warner Bros.

Persons: David Zaslav, John Malone, Malone, David Faber, Zaslav, Faber, Bob Bakish, Simon & Schuster, Shari Redstone, David A, Peacock, Brian, Roberts, Puck's Dylan Byers, Warner Organizations: Warner Bros ., Liberty Media, Liberty Global, Qurate Retail Group, CNBC, Reuters Warner Bros, Media, Warner Bros, Discovery, Sirius XM, Sirius, Paramount Global, Paramount, Viacom, CBS, Allen, Co . Media, Technology Conference, Grogan, CNBC Paramount Global, Comcast, U.S, NBC Locations: U.S, Sun Valley , Idaho

☆ Mark Thompson, former New York Times Company and BBC exec, expected to serve as the next CEO of CNN after Chris Licht's epic PR fail, according to new report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Puck reported CNN has tapped Mark Thompson to step in as CEO and chairman. Thompson formerly served as CEO of the New York Times Company and director general at the BBC. The news comes after Chris Licht stepped down following low ratings and what many called a PR disaster. AdvertisementAdvertisementMark Thompson, who formerly served as CEO of the New York Times Company and director general at the BBC, has been tapped to take over as CEO and chairman at CNN, Puck News first reported Tuesday. Licht's 13 months at CNN were characterized by big shakeups and a widely criticized town hall with former President Donald Trump.

Persons: Puck, Mark Thompson, Thompson, Chris Licht, Puck's Dylan Byers, bigwigs, Nich Carlson, Licht's, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, New York Times Company, BBC, Puck News

☆ Explosive Variety report on behind-the-scenes CNN drama ignites fierce backlash from top industry figures
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Variety is facing a blistering wave of backlash. “Siegel was informed by The Atlantic that the charges were completely false, but she nevertheless decided to smear Alberta. Jon Kelly, editor in chief of Puck, similarly defended his reporter, who was portrayed in the piece as a Zucker shill. Reached for comment, a Variety spokesperson notably offered a defense of the piece that contained far less fervor. The spokesperson simply said, “Variety stands by our investigative story about CNN written by one of the best journalists in the business.”

Persons: Tatiana Siegel, Jeff Zucker, Zucker, —, Risa Heller, Heller, ” Heller, Chris Licht, Tim Alberta, Dylan Byers, Puck, ” Jeffrey Goldberg, “ Siegel, Siegel, ” Goldberg, Licht, “, Jon Kelly, “ Dylan Byers, ” Kelly, ” Organizations: CNN, Variety, Hollywood, Warner Bros, The, The Atlantic, Alberta Locations: Alberta, Alberta’s

☆ The real reason Marc Andreessen is urging billionaires to homeschool their kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Marc Andreessen told billionaires to homeschool their children at the Sun Valley conference. Legendary venture capital investor Marc Andreessen has used this week's Sun Valley conference to espouse the benefits of homeschooling. Musk and Zuckerberg have been been trading barbs online since Musk summoned Zuckerberg to a cage fight last month. Meanwhile, it's not the first time that Andreessen has called for more homeschooling. "It certainly feels like we're on the front end of a pretty dramatic homeschooling boom," Andreessen said.

Persons: Marc Andreessen, “ We’re, Puck's Dylan Byers, Peter Thiel, Andreessen, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Byers, Musk, Zuckerberg, it's, Colossus, Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz Organizations: Sun, Morning

☆ Marc Andreessen throws his support behind an Elon Musk-Mark Zuckerberg cage fight in a talk with Peter Thiel
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Marc Andreessen, speaking on a panel with Peter Thiel, backed a Zuckerberg-Musk cage fight. Andreessen and Thiel also said, unrelated, that attendees should homeschool their kids. Billionaire investor Marc Andreessen is apparently rooting for Tesla's Elon Musk and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg to square off in a cage match. He and PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel also urged the event's attendees to homeschool their children, Puck reported. Representatives for both Andreessen and Thiel did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Persons: Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, Zuckerberg, Andreessen, Thiel, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Puck's Dylan Byers, Andreessen Horowitz, Puck Organizations: Morning, Allen & Company, Allen, Co, Zuckerberg, New York Times, Thiel Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, Idaho, Silicon

☆ Embattled CNN CEO Chris Licht is reportedly stepping down
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Nathan Mcalone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

CNN CEO Chris Licht will step down, Puck reported Wednesday. He was the subject of a disastrous Atlantic profile published Friday. Embattled CNN CEO Chris Licht will be shown the door, according to reporting Wednesday from Puck's Dylan Byers, as well as CNN itself and The New York Times. COO David Leavy, who Zaslav installed last week to run the business side of CNN, will continue to do so, Byers reported. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that top CNN talent including Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper, and Erin Burnett had criticized Licht to Leavy.

Persons: Chris Licht, Puck, Licht, Puck's Dylan Byers, I'm, Byers, Amy Entelis, Jeff Zucker, Entelis, David Zaslav, David Leavy, Zaslav, Oliver Darcy, Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper, Erin Burnett Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Warner Bros, Discovery, CNN Films, Street

☆ Of course, they're probably going to put a woman in charge of CNN
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Emily Cohn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Women are more likely to be promoted to top jobs when times are tough. Research shows that women and people of color are more likely to be promoted to top jobs when companies are going through tough times, or when a company is most likely to fail. CNN is certainly going through tough times. His tenure at the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned CNN was a rough run, defined by layoffs, a shrinking audience, and an increasingly angry newsroom. Two of the three editorial leads put in charge of the network on Wednesday in the interim are women.

Persons: CNN's, shouldn't, Chris Licht, Licht, Dylan Byers, Puck, Zucker, Jennifer Reynolds, Michelle Ryan, Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Rebecca Knight Organizations: Research, CNN, Warner Bros ., Trump, Corporate, Twitter Locations: WBD

☆ 'That's on me': Warner Bros Discovery CEO sends email to CNN employees taking responsibility for Chris Licht disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chris Licht is leaving his position as CEO of CNN after a tumultuous year in charge. CNN's parent company, Warner Bros. Warner CEO David Zaslav told employees in an email and a morning newsroom call he was taking responsibility for Licht's mistakes. CNN is once again searching for a new top executive just over a year after departing CEO Chris Licht took the job — and David Zaslav, CEO of CNN's parent company Warner Bros. Read the full memo Zaslav sent to CNN staff that was reported by Tani here:Spokespeople for CNN and Warner Bros.

Persons: Chris Licht, David Zaslav, Licht's, Puck's Dylan Byers, Zaslav, Semafor's Max Tani, Don Lemon, Brian Stelter, Donald Trump, Licht, Jeff Zucker, Oliver Darcy, Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Tani Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros, Discovery, Warner, Wall Street Journal Locations: Trump

☆ Chris Licht's tumultuous 13-month run as CEO of CNN: Layoffs, anchor drama, and that really bad Atlantic profile
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Discovery CEO David Zaslav emailed staff, letting them know Licht was stepping down. On the programming side, Licht launched "CNN This Morning," with anchors Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, and Kaitlan Collins. "It's another shit show" on top of Licht's multiplying challenges at CNN, one former employee told Insider at the time. "Having people applaud those sexual abuse comments definitely made me question my allegiance to this network," one network executive told Insider. CNN's own media reporter Oliver Darcy said Licht had "lost the room," adding that dozens of CNN staffers no longer had confidence in their leader.

Persons: Chris Licht, David Zaslav, Licht, Zaslav, He'd, Jeff Zucker, Stephen Colbert's, Joe, Licht's, WBD, —, Brian Stelter, John Harwood, Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, Kaitlan Collins, Chris Cuomo, Nikki Haley, isn't, Lemon, Gayle King, Charles Barkley, Dana Bash —, Donald Trump, Trump, CNN's Collins, Zucker, Insider's Nich Carlson, Zaslav's, Puck's Dylan Byers, he'd, CNN's, Oliver Darcy, Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper, Max Tani Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros, Discovery, Licht, CBS, Trump, House, Republican Party, — CNN, AP, Variety, cnn Locations: Trump

☆ CNN's media reporter delivered a brutal assessment of its CEO after embarrassing profile: 'Licht has lost the room'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Nathan Mcalone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

CNN CEO Chris Licht has been hit with a torrent of criticism since a profile of him dropped Friday. CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy wrote that Licht had "lost the room." This time, it's coming from inside the house, as CNN media reporter delivered a brutal assessment of Licht in Monday night's Reliable Sources newsletter. "In the wake of The Atlantic's explosive story, I've spoken with dozens of staffers across the company," Darcy wrote. In fairness to Licht, Darcy also reported that the "somber" remarks the CEO delivered on Monday had "struck the right tone."

Persons: Chris Licht, Oliver Darcy, Licht, Darcy, Puck's Dylan Byers, Byers, Darcy wasn't, David Zaslav, Zaslav's, Zaslav, David Leavy Organizations: CNN, Morning, The Atlantic, Warner Bros Locations: Trump, America, Zaslav

☆ CNN CEO Chris Licht apologizes to staff over disastrous Atlantic magazine profile: 'I should not be in the news unless it's taking arrows for you'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CNN CEO Chris Licht has apologized to his staff over a disastrous profile published by The Atlantic on Friday. Three days after The Atlantic published a bombshell profile about him, CNN CEO Chris Licht has apologized to his staff in an editorial call. The Atlantic profile, written by Tim Alberta, described Licht as aloof from staff, in contrast to his well-liked predecessor Jeff Zucker. Puck's Dylan Byers reports Licht told staffers on the call that he will move his office back to the newsroom. Insiders at CNN have also shared their theories on how the article became such an spectacular and ill-timed mess for Licht and CNN.

Persons: Chris Licht, Licht, Brian Stelter, Jake Tapper, Nikki Haley, I've, Tim Alberta, Jeff Zucker, Trump ., Puck's Dylan Byers Organizations: CNN, The Atlantic, Morning, GOP, Trump, CNN's New Locations: Alberta, CNN's, CNN's New York City

Trump was back on CNN primetime during a town hall appearance on Wednesday night. And CNN certainly seemed to be eager for conservative buy-in during the Wednesday town hall, filling the room with a mixture of New Hampshire Republicans and effectively independent voters. The former president's advisor told other outlets that the town hall was an effort to underline Trump's 2016 strategy of reaching beyond the traditional GOP coalition. During the Wednesday town hall, Trump called Carroll a "whack job," echoing the very falsehoods that landed him with a defamation charge this week. "The predictably disastrous @cnn town hall was indeed disastrous," former broadcast exec and current dean of the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University, Mark Lukasiewicz tweeted.

☆ Tucker Carlson to bring his show to Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tucker Carlson will bring his show to Twitter, he said in a new video. Carlson will forgo approximately $25 million to break his non-compete clause with the network, Puck News's Dylan Byers reported. Tucker Carlson is bringing his prime-time show to Twitter. In a video titled "We're back," the ousted Fox News host announced his latest venture: a new show on social media. Representatives for Carlson, Fox Corp., Musk, and Twitter did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ Tucker Carlson launching new show on Twitter after Fox News departure
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTucker Carlson launching new show on Twitter after Fox News departureDylan Byers, Puck senior correspondent, joins 'Last Call' to discuss former Fox News Anchor Tucker Carlson's announcement he is launching a new show on Twitter.

☆ Media insiders would often gossip about which anchor was about to leave Fox News. None of them guessed Tucker Carlson.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Dominion lawsuit was an embarrassment to Fox, airing text messages the company would rather have kept private. Tucker Carlson's departure is a huge surprise. Like a plot twist in "Succession," the departure of Tucker Carlson from Fox News is one we didn't see coming. The news of Carlson's departure almost immediately wiped close to $1 billion off of Fox Corporation's market capitalization. Upon confirmation that Carlson had left Fox, veteran media reporter Sarah Ellison simply wrote: "Incredible."

☆ It's judgment day: Shocking exits of Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, and Jeff Shell rock the TV industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Nathan Mcalone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

NBCU CEO Jeff Shell, Fox News' Tucker Carlson, and CNN's Don Lemon are all out. Shell's bombshell exit took many insiders by surprise, Insider's Claire Atkinson reported on Sunday. Fox News declined to comment beyond its press release saying it had agreed to "part ways" with Carlson. Media watchers had been primed for a Lemon exit for weeks. With all the news of the past 24 hours, media insiders have barely even gotten a chance to drill down into the second wave of layoffs at Disney, which will number in the thousands.

☆ Fox settlement is still a significant hit to balance sheet: Puck founding partner
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFox settlement is still a significant hit to balance sheet: Puck founding partnerDylan Byers, founding partner at Puck, and Katie Robertson of The New York Times discuss Fox's $787.5 million settlement with Dominion over defamation claims. Hosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

☆ VIDEO: Washington Post staffers shouted at the CEO after he announced layoffs but refused to say who will get the boot
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A video shows Washington Post staffers shouting at the company's CEO at a town hall meeting. Gowen said the video is from a colleague, and she took it from the Washington Post Guild's chat. At the town hall, Ryan said job cuts will probably be in the "single-digit percentage." The Washington Post Guild did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment ahead of publication. "The Washington Post is evolving and transforming to put our business in the best position for future growth," Kathy Baird, chief communications officer at The Washington Post, said in a statement on Tuesday.

☆ Bloomberg and CNN won't pay for Twitter verification for reporters, as newsrooms consider Musk's new plan
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter is planning to require users to pay to keep their verification. When reports emerged that the Elon Musk-operated Twitter planned to require users to pay to keep their blue verification badges, a question blossomed in newsrooms: Would media companies front the bill for their reporters? One media company, however, would certainly cover the cost of Twitter verification: Puck. Musk wrote on Twitter last week that he planned to charge $8 per month for a "Twitter Blue" subscription that would include verification. Long considered Twitter power users, journalists make up a large contingent of verified users on the platform, along with celebrities, organizations, and brands.

☆ Newsrooms consider whether to pay for Twitter verification for journalists. For CNN, it's 'highly unlikely,' but for Puck, it's a resounding yes.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter is reportedly planning to require users to pay $20 a month to keep their verification. CNN is unlikely to pay for everyone, while Puck said doing so for its dozen writers was a no brainer. One media company, however, would certainly cover the cost of Twitter verification: Puck. "It's a negligible amount of money for most media companies, even the largest that employ thousands of journalists," Kelly said. Long considered Twitter power users, journalists make up a large contingent of verified users on the platform, along with celebrities, organizations, and brands.

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