CNN fires Zucker

[beej]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/592456-zucker-resigns-from-cnn-over-undisclosed-relationship


Zucker resigns from CNN over undisclosed relationship
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Jeff Zucker has resigned as head of CNN after failing to disclose his relationship with a senior executive at the company.

Zucker, in a memo to CNN employees, said he was asked about "a consensual relationship" with a colleague as part of an investigation into the conduct of former anchor Chris Cuomo.

"I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years," he said. "I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn't. I was wrong."
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The relationship was reportedly with Allison Gollust, the chief marketing officer for CNN and who Zucker did not name in his memo. Gollust plans to remain with CNN, the network reported.

[HTM01]

never heard of him

[beej]

fired for an undisclosed consensual relationship. hmmm.  He should have been let go for job performance.

saw this on his wiki page. LOL

On February 6, 2007, Zucker became president and CEO of NBC Universal.

In 2010, in response to a public controversy over the network's reported rescheduling of late-night hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, Los Angeles Times reporters Meg James and Matea Gold wrote that Zucker's tenure had led to "a spectacular fall by the country's premier television network" and dubbed the intra-network feud and subsequent public relations fallout "one of the biggest debacles in television history".[23] Under Zucker NBC fell from being the number one rated network to the lowest rated of the four broadcast networks and was occasionally being beaten in the ratings by programming on some of the more popular cable channels.

Days later, The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote that in Hollywood "there has been a single topic of discussion: How does Jeff Zucker keep rising and rising while the fortunes of NBC keep falling and falling? ...many in the Hollywood community have always regarded him as ...a network Napoleon who never bothered to learn about developing shows and managing talent." She explained that Zucker "is a master at managing up with bosses and calculating cost-per-hour benefits, but even though he made money on cable shows, he could not program the network to save his life."[24]

Dowd also reported that an unnamed "honcho at another network" stated that "Zucker is a case study in the most destructive media executive ever to exist... You'd have to tell me who else has taken a once-great network and literally destroyed it."[24]

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Yeah. Ah. Why exactly did he have to resign?

I'm living in a world I don't understand.

[RobertELee]

B

Yeah. Ah. Why exactly did he have to resign?

I'm living in a world I don't understand.

Because otherwise he would have been fired. Now he still has a chance to move to the next network and fuck that one up as well.

[Incogneeto]

Yeah. Ah. Why exactly did he have to resign?

I'm living in a world I don't understand.

Getting your Meat where you make your Bread.

Thats a No No.

[RobertELee]

Getting your Meat where you make your Bread.

Thats a No No.

Especially when you are in charge of the bread makers.

[Shazam/TPP]

Stelter is a douche bag period!

[mattq]

Humpty Dumpty dumbass

[gcode]

During the question-and-answer session, anchor Jake Tapper said that Mr. Cuomo hired a lawyer who seemed eager to leak damaging information about Mr. Zucker unless they gave Mr. Cuomo severance.

"An outside observer might say, 'Well, it looks like Chris Cuomo succeeded,'" Mr. Tapper said. "He threatened Jeff. Jeff said we don't negotiate with terrorists. And Chris blew the place up. How do we get past that perception that this is the bad guy winning?"

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[Jim at Gentex]

Yeah. Ah. Why exactly did he have to resign?

I'm living in a world I don't understand.

Because he's an arrogant prick who thinks the same rules that apply to the little people don't apply to him.

He was bound by his employment contract and network policy to report any sort of romantic relationships with co-workers to HR, period.

This is standard practice, everyone knows it, but some arrogant pricks like Zucker just choose to ignore it.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[Shazam/TPP]

good news in addition to Zucker is Whoopie was suspended. 

[RobertELee]

good news in addition to Zucker is Whoopie was suspended. 

For racism 

[ghuns]

For racism 

Well, it is black history month. She's black, and she's history.

[RobertELee]

Well, it is black history month. She's black, and she's history.