Top of the Ticker: CNN’s Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson has formally handed the one yr mark because the community’s chief. As he embarks on Yr 2, The Ankler’s Lachlan Cartwright reviews that the previous New York Occasions chief is trying to shake issues up in a giant means. Cartwright’s sources point out that Thompson is pursuing powerful bargains as he renews the contracts of CNN’s marquee expertise, with anchors like Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer, and Chris Wallace seeing little to no pay will increase. Different cost-cutting measures could embrace shifting extra employees and assets from New York to Atlanta, bringing in “edgy” (and cheaper) expertise and, after all, additional layoffs.
NEW: Inside CNN CEO Mark Thompson’s huge overhaul, the place Chris Wallace is being supplied a pay minimize, and Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer had been renewed with out raises. “Flat is the brand new up,” one high agent tells me.
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— Lachlan Cartwright (@LachCartwright) October 16, 2024
Election Highway Journey: Starting on Oct. 21, CNBC’s Brian Sullivan will embark on an election-themed street journey throughout battleground counties of Erie, PA, Grand Rapids, MI and Kenosha, WI. The journey will concentrate on financial topics like inflation, labor, manufacturing, and power, with Sullivan chatting with key companies and voters about their considerations forward of the election.
New Programming Alert: Bloomberg is launching Perception with Haslinda Amin, a day by day Singapore-based information program. The brand new sequence premieres Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. in Singapore (it’ll air at 11 p.m. ET the day prior to this within the U.S.) and options headline makers and world leaders talking with Amin about topics starting from local weather change to sports activities.
Availability Improve: Noticias Telemundo has introduced that Noticias Telemundo Ahora is now obtainable on Samsung Plus. The FAST channel can be obtainable on platforms like Xumo Play, Google TV, Hearth TV, TCL, Roku, Native Now, and Freevee.
