Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer Change Times, Jim Acosta Removed
CNN on Thursday confirmed reports that it would be cutting hundreds of jobs. The network also plans to move Wolf Blitzer into Jim Acosta’s spot.
Mark Thompson, the CNN top boss, announced a lineup reshuffle that will see Wolf Blitzer move his “Situation Room” program to the mornings.
Anti-Trump anchor Jim Acosta was left off CNN’s new weekday programming lineup when it was announced on Thursday. Acosta’s 10 a.m. ET program was replaced with "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown,
In the meantime, thank you very much for joining us this morning. Still reporting from Washington. I'm Jim Acosta,’ the CNN anchor said on Thursday while it is still unknown if he’ll stay with the network amid a revamped lineup.
The CNN anchor earned a reputation as Trump's chief antagonist during his first term. Now, he might not get a second chance.
Furious CNN staffers have rounded on their CEO Mark Thompson over mass layoffs which also saw star anchor Jim Acosta publicly humiliated. 'Honestly, this place is such a mess,' an anonymous on-air personality told The Independent after the roughly 200 firings affecting CNN's TV division.
CNN anchor Jim Acosta is reportedly not adjusting to the network’s post-inaugural schedule up. On Thursday, CNN announced its new weekday programming schedule, and evidently, the longtime […]
He gave the least inspiring remarks about layoffs that I’ve ever heard,” one CNN employee told The Independent about Mark Thompson’s announcement of hundreds of job cuts.
According to a report in former CNN reporter Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter, CNN chief Mark Thompson allegedly called Acosta on Wednesday night (January 15) to deliver a “strange proposal” that caught the veteran broadcaster off guard.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer is reportedly moving to a morning time slot to make room for new talent, amid a larger shakeup at the embattled network. Blitzer, the long-tenured host of The Situation Room at 6 p.