CNN Chief Jeff Zucker Out Over Relationship With Senior Executive

CNN Chief Jeff Zucker Out Over Relationship With Senior Executive

By Newsmax Wires    |   Wednesday, 02 February 2022 11:13 AM

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CNN President Jeff Zucker announced his resignation Wednesday after revealing that he had a relationship with a senior network executive.

"As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo's tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years. I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn't. I was wrong. As a result, I am resigning today," Zucker wrote in a memo to network colleagues.

Zucker, who took over CNN in 2013, makes his exit at a crucial time for CNN's parent company, WarnerMedia, which is in the process of merging with Discovery. The news network also is gearing up for launch of a new streaming service,  CNN+, in the Spring.

Zucker did not name his colleague. But CNN reports that Allison Gollust, the network's chief marketing officer and an EVP, revealed in her own memo that she is the person in question and that she is expected to remain with the network.

"Jeff and I have been close friends and professional partners for over 20 years. Recently, our relationship changed during COVID. I regret that we didn't disclose it at the right time. I'm incredibly proud of my time at CNN and look forward to continuing the great work we do everyday," she wrote, according to the CNN report.

Cuomo was fired by CNN after it was discovered he aided his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to deal with a sexual harassment investigation. He actively helped craft his his brother’s responses to the charges, according to emails and a transcript of his testimony to investigators working for New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
Gollust previously was Gov. Cuomo's communications director.
In a memo to colleagues, Zucker said he wished his nine-year leadership of CNN "has ended differently....I came to CNN on January 28, 2013. Together, we had nine great years."
Discovery, DISCA, with a market cap of $13.7 billion, was trading at $27.42 a share at 12:15 p.m. EST, virtually unchanged from its market open of $27.17.

Connecting the Dots: 

CNN Worldwide is a division of CNN.

Jeff Zucker is the president of CNN Worldwide and a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Michael R. Bloomberg was the mayor of New York, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation and Emma Bloomberg’s father.

Emma Bloomberg is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter and was a senior planning officer for the Robin Hood Foundation.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank). 

Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and is the founder of CNN.

Christopher Cuomo is an anchor for CNN and Mario M. Cuomo’s son.

Andrew M. Cuomo was the New York state government governor, Mario M. Cuomo’s son and his political adviser was Jennifer Cunningham.

Maria Cuomo Cole is Mario M. Cuomo’s daughter and married to Kenneth D. Cole. 

Kenneth D. Cole is married to Maria Cuomo Cole and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute and the Robin Hood Foundation.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute and a partner with the Sundance Channel.

NBCUniversal is a partner with the Sundance Channel.

Jeff Zucker was the president & CEO for NBCUniversal, the president of CNN Worldwide and is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Jennifer Cunningham was Andrew M. Cuomo’s political adviser and is a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (think tank). 

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.

Mario M. Cuomo was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, Christopher Cuomo’s father, Andrew M. Cuomo’s father, Christopher Cuomo’s father and a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state for the New York state government.

Resources: Past Research 

Charleston: CNN’s Sick Pattern of Using the Dead as Political Weapons Against the Right (Past Research on CNN)

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/06/charleston-cnns-sick-pattern-of-using.html 

Another CNN Anchor Faces Disturbing Sexual Assault Allegations — It’s Ugly (Past Research on CNN and the Cuomo Family)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-cnn-anchor-faces-disturbing.html