What's next for CNN
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On January 25 Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust arrived together at CNN's New York office for a very important meeting. On the agenda: An hours-long presentation of the new CNN+ streaming service for Zucker's boss, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar.
The discussions and hands-on demonstrations were a success. Kilar flew back home.There were no outward signs of the C-suite meltdown that was about to take place.
Little more than a week later, Zucker is gone. CNN staffers, including Zucker's longtime senior leadership team, are in shock. The stated reason why things went so bad so quickly is that Zucker violated company policy by failing to disclose a romantic relationship with his de facto chief of staff Allison Gollust until revealing it to lawyers during an internal investigation into the scandal surrounding former anchor Chris Cuomo. Speculation is swirling that there must be more to the story.