CNN Chairman Chris Licht Picks Leadership Team for Post-Zucker Era

CNN’s chairman, Chris Licht, has settled on a brand new management workforce for the community’s information and enterprise sides, choosing principally from the ranks of insiders who labored for his predecessor.

In a memo to CNN’s 4,000 staff on Wednesday, Mr. Licht mentioned Virginia Moseley could be CNN’s government vp of editorial, answerable for the majority of the community’s TV and digital newsgathering.

The transfer consolidates the oversight of reports. Ms. Moseley had been operating the corporate’s TV newsgathering, whereas the digital information workforce was run by one other government. Her husband is Tom Nides, President Biden’s ambassador to Israel. Some facets of CNN’s digital report, together with enterprise protection, options and interactive tales, will proceed to be run by one other government, Wendy Brundige.

Mr. Licht added that a number of different information veterans on the community would retain prime roles: Michael Bass, the manager vp of programming; Amy Entelis, the manager vp of expertise and content material growth; and Ken Jautz, the manager vp of reports.

Mr. Licht’s priorities at CNN, and the workforce he would possibly put in place, have been the main target of widespread hypothesis since he succeeded Jeff Zucker, who abruptly stepped down in February after failing to reveal a relationship with a detailed colleague. Mr. Licht has informed CNN staff that he needs extra nonpartisan journalism and fewer televised political fight.

Among the many business-side appointments Mr. Licht introduced on Wednesday had been two different executives who labored underneath Mr. Zucker. Johnita Due would be the community’s government vp of integrity and inclusion, answerable for CNN requirements and practices along with her duties overseeing range, fairness and inclusion. Ramon Escobar, CNN’s senior vp of expertise recruitment and growth, will likely be answerable for the community’s contributors.

Mr. Licht additionally named Chris Marlin, a pal for many years who labored for the Florida-based house constructor Lennar, as the manager vp of technique and enterprise operations. Mr. Marlin will likely be answerable for discovering new income for the community, a precedence necessitated, partially, by the inevitable decline of the normal TV enterprise.

The memo additionally mentioned that Kris Coratti could be the community’s chief communications officer, changing the interim head of communications, James Anderson. Ms. Coratti has been at The Washington Publish.

Selection earlier reported on a few of CNN’s management adjustments.