CNN lays off more than 40 senior journalists

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/24/cnn-lays-off-more-than-40-senior-journalists/



CNN lays off more than 40 senior journalists
By Roy Greenslade, The Guardian
Friday, January 24, 2014 6:15 EST

CNN has laid off more than 40 senior journalists as part of a reorganisation of its business by the company’s president, Jeff Zucker, reports the Financial Times.

Zucker is trying to regain CNN’s 24-hour cable news leadership from the Fox News channel. He has made a number of changes to the network’s programming, including new presenters.

CNN recently hit a 20-year low in prime time ratings in the United States, attracting an average of just 78,000 viewers across the whole day and 98,000 in prime time.

[GeorgeGist]

1. Shocking, I had no idea CNN ...

had ANY journalists on their payroll.

[Duckhunter935]

2. need to get rid of him

[mbperrin]

3. I guess they'll be trying to make themselves look even more like Fox

than they already do.

I can still remember watching news on Headline News 24 hours instead of whatever they call it after dark now.

Well, I'm old, and I'll be dead soon enough.