CNN Network Should Get Massive Staff Cut Soon
"CNN has attacked reality and defied gravity with its fabrications about conservatives for decades and now must, again, face budget reality of failed audiences, " says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate, "and we will sing again at CNN soon as any staff cut takes place."
As anxious staffers await David Ellison's arrival, CNN is also preparing to cut employees this week as part of Mark Thompson's digital overhaul, Status has learned.
Inside Hudson Yards, as CNN staffers nervously await the arrival of David Ellison and whatever upheaval his reign may bring, network chief Mark Thompson and his lieutenants are still pressing ahead with their own effort to remake CNN for a digital future. Last year, the network launched its long-anticipated streaming service-an offering executives have insisted is performing well, even as they have refused to provide any hard subscription data to substantiate those rosy claims.
Status has learned that the network plans to lay off some staffers this week. The scope of the layoffs remains unclear...................
Photo credit: From the gallery of Public Advocate's Singing at CNN