CNN To Launch New Streaming Service As It Sets Sights On Digital Future; About 200 Jobs To Be Cut In Restructuring (deadline.com)
from shoulderoforion@fedia.io to technology@lemmy.world on 23 Jan 14:00
https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1701675

CNN is cutting about 200 jobs as it focuses on a digital future, the network announced today, while its CEO Mark Thompson unveiled plans for a new subscription streaming service. In a memo to staffers, Thompson wrote, “Our objective is a simple one: to shift CNN’s gravity towards the platforms and products where the audience […]

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shoulderoforion@fedia.io on 23 Jan 14:01 next collapse

Wait a second, didn't CNN launch a streaming service to great fanfare, then kill it deader than Dillinger before it launched, laying off hundreds when it did. Now they're laying off hundreds to launch it again? I'm not sure CNN is on the level, folks.

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works on 23 Jan 14:17 next collapse

Nice. Was looking for something new to subscribe to! Idiots blathering on for 24h about things I could read about and be more informed within 10minutes is a perfect thing for me to throw money I don’t really have at.

Telorand@reddthat.com on 23 Jan 14:28 collapse

And all it cost to make was 200 people’s livelihoods! A real bargain!

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just_another_person@lemmy.world on 23 Jan 14:22 next collapse

Who would subscribe to this? If it’s just CNN all the time, that sounds like a damn nightmare.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world on 23 Jan 14:29 collapse

How else am I gonna torture the people chained up in my basement when I have to work?

concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works on 23 Jan 14:24 next collapse

CNN++?

Xanthobilly@lemmy.world on 23 Jan 16:37 collapse

CNN Double Plus Good.

JoshuaBrusque@lemmy.world on 23 Jan 15:03 next collapse

Let them die.

garretble@lemmy.world on 23 Jan 16:40 collapse

'It didn’t work the first time we tried to launch a streaming service. But THIS time…"