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Confidential Memorandum
To: CNN executives, reporters and other staff
From: Jeff Zucker, president, CNN Worldwide
Date: March 23, 2014
Subject: Programming changes
Since taking the helm of CNN some 14 months ago, Ive learned a lot about the cable news business, often through failure. Today, I would like to announce some major changes to our programming line-up that I think will return CNN to the top of the ratings mountain:
1.) Wolf Blitzers out. Since joining the network in 1990, Wolfs served CNN with great distinction yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah. The short of it we cant justify his salary given his ratings. Effective immediately, The Situation Room w/ Wolf Blitzer will be replaced by The Situation Room w/ Wolf. Now, if you read the last sentence and for a second thought we might be replacing Wolf Blitzer with an actual wolf, well, give yourself a pat on the back because thats exactly what were doing. Over the last several months we focus-grouped a show hosted by a real, honest-to-God wolf and the response has been just through the roof. Ive never seen anything like it in my nearly 30 years in the TV business. The American people have spoken and were going to listen. (As an added bonus, we will be able to reuse our promotional material for The Situation Room by just whiting-out Blitzer.)...
5.) Finally, we are getting rid of our entire primetime line-up. Burnett, Cooper and of course Morgan all gone. That block will be replaced by a 4-hour show hosted by Jones. Over the last two weeks, CNN has seen a major ratings boost following the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. While the situation is obviously tragic, we must not let the lessons we learned go to waste. We will use the money we save from axing our entire prime time talent to orchestrate a series of plane hijackings throughout the year. My expectation is CNN will lead the way in covering these manufactured crises. And I think we can all agree that there is no one better to lead the coverage of these missing/hijacked flights than our own Mr. Jones, who has proven throughout his career that he is willing to probe the most ludicrous theories, on-air, with absolutely no trace of concern for his credibility or dignity. Let him serve as an example to the rest of you.
Read more: Secret CNN memo outlining new ratings strategy | The Daily Caller
Confidential Memorandum
To: CNN executives, reporters and other staff
From: Jeff Zucker, president, CNN Worldwide
Date: March 23, 2014
Subject: Programming changes
Since taking the helm of CNN some 14 months ago, Ive learned a lot about the cable news business, often through failure. Today, I would like to announce some major changes to our programming line-up that I think will return CNN to the top of the ratings mountain:
1.) Wolf Blitzers out. Since joining the network in 1990, Wolfs served CNN with great distinction yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah. The short of it we cant justify his salary given his ratings. Effective immediately, The Situation Room w/ Wolf Blitzer will be replaced by The Situation Room w/ Wolf. Now, if you read the last sentence and for a second thought we might be replacing Wolf Blitzer with an actual wolf, well, give yourself a pat on the back because thats exactly what were doing. Over the last several months we focus-grouped a show hosted by a real, honest-to-God wolf and the response has been just through the roof. Ive never seen anything like it in my nearly 30 years in the TV business. The American people have spoken and were going to listen. (As an added bonus, we will be able to reuse our promotional material for The Situation Room by just whiting-out Blitzer.)...
5.) Finally, we are getting rid of our entire primetime line-up. Burnett, Cooper and of course Morgan all gone. That block will be replaced by a 4-hour show hosted by Jones. Over the last two weeks, CNN has seen a major ratings boost following the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. While the situation is obviously tragic, we must not let the lessons we learned go to waste. We will use the money we save from axing our entire prime time talent to orchestrate a series of plane hijackings throughout the year. My expectation is CNN will lead the way in covering these manufactured crises. And I think we can all agree that there is no one better to lead the coverage of these missing/hijacked flights than our own Mr. Jones, who has proven throughout his career that he is willing to probe the most ludicrous theories, on-air, with absolutely no trace of concern for his credibility or dignity. Let him serve as an example to the rest of you.
Read more: Secret CNN memo outlining new ratings strategy | The Daily Caller
