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Chris Cuomo Isn’t Done with CNN

Now that Jeff Zucker is out, most people seem to think that Cuomo has lost whatever leverage he had over CNN. But the legal drama surrounding Cuomo’s case isn’t so simple.

Chris Cuomo
Photo by Patrick McMullan via Getty
Matthew Belloni
February 7, 2022

So much of the media coverage of Jeff Zucker’s firing this week as CNN president has focused on the network. First it was the shock of rank-and-file staffers; then the impact on AT&T’s spinoff of WarnerMedia to Discovery and the launch of CNN+; then the tantrum that talent like Jake Tapper threw at the network’s D.C. bureau, where they directly confronted C.E.O. Jason Kilar, who dared fire their beloved leader—the leader that, incidentally, had anointed them TV stars and paid them large salaries to anchor mostly third-place shows.