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
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