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Thursday, April 21, 2022

CNN+ Shuts Down!

CNN+ shuts down only months after Chris Wallace jumped from Fox.

Warner Bros. Discovery announces the end of CNN+, the streaming platform that hired Chris Wallace and Kasie Hunt from Fox and MSNBC respectfully.

It was revealed that CNN+ will cease operations by Sat. April 30. Just one month after it was launched.

The decision was made by WBD (formerly WarnerMedia) to house all streams under CNN. They wanted CNN as one brand only.

The staffers and reporters who worked for CNN+ were notified by this decision.

CNN Media Reporters Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy both confirm the news that CNN+ will shut down.

Incoming CEO Chris Licht who replaced embattled former CEO Jeff Zucker held a meeting with Andrew Morse, the executive vice president overseeing CNN+, and his top lieutenants, a person familiar with the matter said.

Kasie Hunt left MSNBC to join CNN+.

CNN said that the decision to shut down CNN+ just weeks after it launched marked a stunning end to the streaming news service. Executives had touted the application as the most significant launch since Ted Turner founded the company in 1980.

Obviously we know that Fox will have a field day with this. Because of the far-right network's ratings still being on top and it loves to brag about how its competitors are suffering.

Don't be surprised that one of that network's agitators responding in some fashion.

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