Will CNN Boss Jeff Zucker Stick Around After WarnerMedia-Discovery Merger?
News network’s longtime announced in January he planned to leave by the end of 2021
Lindsey Ellefson | May 17, 2021 @ 9:46 AM
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One of the many question in the wake of Monday’s blockbuster announcement of WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery is the status of longtime CNN headJeff Zucker, who had announced in January that he planned to step down when his contract expires at the end of 2021.
But Zucker “would probably” scuttle that departure plan now that the merger is moving forward, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing an unnamed close associate of Zucker’s. Axios and the Los Angeles Times both noted that Zucker has long been friendly with Discovery CEO David Zazlav, who is set to take over the new company when the merger is completed in mid-2022. The two first met as rising executives at NBC in the 1990s and 2000s.
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