Simply over a 12 months after he took the reins at CNN, Christ Licht is out on the community. Licht stepped down as chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide Wednesday, following a rising tide of controversy following the community’s dwell city corridor with Donald Trump and an unflattering 15,000-word profile in The Atlantic.
“I’ve nice respect for Chris, personally and professionally,” mentioned David Zaslav, president and CEO, Warner Bros. Discovery. “The job of main CNN was by no means going to be straightforward, particularly at a time of giant disruption and transformation, and he has poured his coronary heart and soul into it. Whereas we all know we’ve got work to do as we glance to determine a brand new chief, we’ve got absolute confidence within the workforce we’ve got in place and can proceed to combat for CNN and its world class journalism.”
Previous to taking management at CNN, Licht was vp of programming for CBS Information and government producer of the community’s morning information program, “CBS This Morning,” which he helped launch in 2012. He was additionally the co-creator and authentic government producer of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
