Warner Bros Discovery to Launch CNN Max News Streaming Service in US on September 28

Warner Bros Discovery to Launch CNN Max News Streaming Service in US on September 28

ByNews Polite

Warner Bros. Discovery said on Thursday it was launching a round-the-clock news streaming service, CNN Max, in the United States on September 27. CNN Max will leverage the news network’s global reporting resources, and will also offer new original programs, such as “CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, Rahel Solomon, Amara…

Warner Bros Discovery Said to Be Planning to Add CNN Live Programming to Max Later This Year

Warner Bros Discovery Said to Be Planning to Add CNN Live Programming to Max Later This Year

ByNews Polite

Warner Bros. Discovery is planning to add live programming from CNN to the Max streaming service later this year, according to people familiar with the matter, betting that news can help attract subscribers. CNN’s owner has already decided to add live news to the service outside the US, said the people,…

Don Lemon returning to CNN show Wednesday after ‘frank’ talk with boss
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Don Lemon returning to CNN show Wednesday after ‘frank’ talk with boss

ByNews Polite

CNN anchor Don Lemon will be back on the air Wednesday morning and will undergo “formal training” after his return over sexist comments he made last week, according to multiple reports. The development was shared with staff in a Monday night memo from CNN boss Chris Licht, who said he had…

CNN begins slashing workers as Chris Licht cuts costs: report
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CNN begins slashing workers as Chris Licht cuts costs: report

ByNews Polite

CNN began a long-expected round of layoffs on Wednesday as president Chris Licht and other executives at WarnerBros. Discovery trim costs at the struggling cable news network. Licht informed CNN employees of the cuts in a memo and acknowledged “it will be a difficult time for everyone” at the company….

Don Lemon claims covering politics in primetime gig had ‘gotten old’
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Don Lemon claims covering politics in primetime gig had ‘gotten old’

ByNews Polite

CNN anchor Don Lemon revealed Thursday that he felt the political focus of his nixed primetime show had gotten stale prior to his move to the struggling cable network’s revamped morning show. Lemon, who is set to serve as co-host of the new “CNN This Morning” beginning Nov. 1, said…

CNN Announces Abrupt Shutdown of ‘Vault’ NFT Marketplace, Users Call It a ‘Rug Pull’

CNN Announces Abrupt Shutdown of ‘Vault’ NFT Marketplace, Users Call It a ‘Rug Pull’

ByNews Polite

CNN, the popular TV news channel and digital media outlet, will no longer continue its non-fungible token (NFT) and Web3 project announced in the summer of 2021. The company confirmed this in a statement on Monday, saying, “we have decided that it’s time to say goodbye to Vault by CNN,”…

Gov’t idiocy at work, FDA’s dumb plan on smokes and other commentary
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Gov’t idiocy at work, FDA’s dumb plan on smokes and other commentary

ByNews Polite

From the right: Gov’t Idiocy at Work “Cities are rapidly inventing new job titles,” reports City Journal’s Steven Malanga, and the “hottest (pun intended)” is “chief heat officer” — whose task is to “enumerate the impact of heat on the local population” and “seek ways to mitigate it.” One popular idea…

CNN taps Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow to anchor morning show
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CNN taps Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow to anchor morning show

ByNews Polite

Ratings-challenged CNN will reshuffle the deck chairs on the slowly-sinking network, pushing out left-leaning primetime host Don Lemon from his plum solo slot to a newly-created morning team, boss Chris Licht announced Thursday. Lemon will join Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow to replace current “New Day” hosts John Berman and…