Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace is reportedly not happy where he landed — at the newly launched, yet already struggling CNN streaming network CNN+
On Tuesday, Jon Nicosia, former managing editor of Mediaite, broke the story of Wallace being disgruntled with his new network and already threatening to leave after “having daily breakdowns.”
“SOURCE: Chris Wallace is ‘having daily breakdowns’ over the ‘miserable launch’ of . Wants a ‘CNN show or is threatening to walk’ they go on. ‘He is having staffers count how many times a day his promo is playing,’” he said.
SOURCE: Chris Wallace is "having daily breakdowns" over the "miserable launch" of . Wants a "CNN show or is threatening to walk" they go on. "He is having staffers count how many times a day his promo is playing"
— Jon Nicosia
“ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users,” the reporter said.
. struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users
— Jon Nicosia
“SOURCE CONT’D: ‘He’s telling anyone that will listen he wants Cuomo’s old time slot,’” he said.
SOURCE CONT’D: “He’s telling anyone that will listen he wants Cuomo’s old time slot”
— Jon Nicosia
Reports Tuesday indicated that major staff cuts are coming after the service attracted only about 10,000 daily paying users.
“Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence,” CNBC reported.
“To put that daily user number in perspective, CNN’s cable network suffered a sharp decline in viewership last year but still rang up an average of 773,000 total viewers a day,” the financial news outlet continued.
The Daily Wire adds:
The report noted that there is widespread skepticism over whether there is enough demand to even sustain the service moving forward.
Axios that CNN’s investment in CNN+ is expected to be dramatically cut and that projections for how many subscribers that service was expected to get will also be significantly reduced.
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