CNN Chief Jeff Zucker Out Over Relationship With Senior Executive
CNN’s CEO Jeff Zucker Announces Resignation
Newsmax reports:
CNN President Jeff Zucker announced his resignation Wednesday after revealing that he had a relationship with a senior network executive.
“As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo’s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years. I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn’t. I was wrong. As a result, I am resigning today,” Zucker wrote in a memo to network colleagues.
Zucker, who took over CNN in 2013, makes his exit at a crucial time for CNN’s parent company, WarnerMedia, which is in the process of merging with Discovery. The news network also is gearing up for launch of a new streaming service, CNN+, in the Spring.
Zucker did not name his colleague. But CNN reports that Allison Gollust, the network’s chief marketing officer and an EVP, revealed in her own memo that she is the person in question and that she is expected to remain with the network.
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