When the shutters fell on CNN+’s epic failure of $300 million, it wasn’t just money spilling over the wall as hundreds of former employees left to look for new jobs.
The failed streaming service, which took a total of 23 days, reportedly sent welcome gift packages to the same unemployed exactly one week after they were sent home permanently, according to reports.
HOWEVER Wall Street Magazine The article looked at CNN+, which opened on March 29 and closed on April 27, and mentioned that several former employees had received welcome gifts at their door, including ink pens, headphones, a popcorn machine and various other items, including: CNN+ logo.
All gifts featured the CNN+ logo, and some featured congratulatory messages from an unnamed former employee. magazine They received a message saying, “This is an incredible time to be a part of CNN.”
Wake up, disperse! https://t.co/oisSBiAthA
– Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) 13 April 2022
in a statement Wall Street MagazineCNN executives admitted to sending the welcome boxes, but shyly called it a “mistake”.
David Zaslav, the new CEO of the Discovery-Time Warner merger, decided to shut it down when he learned that the $5.99 per month service had nearly 150,000 subscribers signed up in its first few weeks, and just 5,000 to 10,000 people on One Chance. . right now.
On April 21, CNN’s new CEO, Chris Licht, told staff that CNN+ would be shutting down. Initially, we were told that the closing date is April 30.
WAKAS. https://t.co/Ks75xmiSs4
– Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 28, 2022
Employees were reportedly “confused and angry” at the decision to end operations after just three weeks, and one experienced employee described it as “a complete failure”. Washington Post: “We expect them to cut off some fingers, not the whole hand.”
CNN+ is the brainchild of disgraced ex-CNN leader Jeff Zucker.
According to its FAQ, the CNN+ website and all of its content are gone forever.
Source: Breitbart
