WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar continued to be on the receiving end of pushback from CNN staffers on Monday over last week’s unexpected resignation of longtime network president Jeff Zucker.
According to tweets from Washington Post reporter Jeremy Barr citing CNN staffers who attended a staff meeting with Kilar, the WarnerMedia CEO sidestepped pointed questions about why Zucker’s exit was described as a “resignation” when reports suggest that Zucker would face firing if he did not agree.
CNN anchor Victor Blackwell asked if the request for Zucker’s resignation came about due to Zucker and CNN marketing exec Allison Gollust’s previously undisclosed romantic relationship coming to light, according to Barr.
Also at the meeting, Barr reported that CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter asked Kilar why he wasn’t helping the network’s “4,000 employees move on,” adding, “I kind of think, Jason, you need to pick us...
According to tweets from Washington Post reporter Jeremy Barr citing CNN staffers who attended a staff meeting with Kilar, the WarnerMedia CEO sidestepped pointed questions about why Zucker’s exit was described as a “resignation” when reports suggest that Zucker would face firing if he did not agree.
CNN anchor Victor Blackwell asked if the request for Zucker’s resignation came about due to Zucker and CNN marketing exec Allison Gollust’s previously undisclosed romantic relationship coming to light, according to Barr.
Also at the meeting, Barr reported that CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter asked Kilar why he wasn’t helping the network’s “4,000 employees move on,” adding, “I kind of think, Jason, you need to pick us...
- 2/7/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
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