On Thursday, CNN C.E.O. Mark Thompson opened the network’s 9 a.m. editorial call with one final nod to “CNN’s Future,” the 2,300-word appel aux armes that he’d sent to employees a day earlier, calling on the company’s TV natives to abandon their complacency, recapture their swagger, and prioritize digital growth. As Jerry Maguire might have noted, Thompson’s document was a mission statement, not a memo, and the manifesto has been mostly well-received by his new charges, even if his thesis was a bit obvious—indeed, he probably articulated some version of this to David Zaslav months ago, before he got the job—and, more importantly, wanting for specific solutions. In any event, Thompson has at least pointed the tanker in the right direction, reorienting a 44-year-old, 24/7 linear news network around a new digital mission, and re-enlisting its innovative digital product chief, Alex MacCallum, to help navigate the course. At the top of the morning meeting, Thompson reiterated his commitment to this new vision and promised more conversations about the still ambiguous plans in the days to come.