(Daily Mail) Chris Licht is out at CNN after a disastrous first year of trying to overhaul the network during which ratings slumped, profits shrank and staff revolted against him.
According to Puck’s Dylan Bowers, the network will announce in the next 48 hours that Licht will step down.
His replacement is Amy Entelis, the long-serving Executive VP of talent.
Licht’s departure comes after a hellish first year at the helm of the flailing network. He took over from Jeff Zucker in May last year after Zucker’s affair with Allison Gollust was revealed.
Chris Licht is out at CNN after a disastrous first year of trying to overhaul the network during which ratings slumped, profits shrank and staff revolted against him
As part of that strategy, he greenlit an hour-long town hall with Donald Trump that saw the former president railroad host Kaitlan Collins and which disgusted long-time employees who said he shouldn’t have been given a platform.
The townhall boosted ratings significantly but they failed to recover afterwards and, in recent days, have trailed the more conservative Newsmax.
There has also been major upheaval with the network’s roster of talent.
Don Lemon, a network stalwart, was fired after making a series of sexist remarks on Licht’s newly-conceived morning show, CNN This Morning.
