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The Mark Thompson Plan

CNN’s new boss has been working on a 2024 business plan that will restructure the network around a multiplatform philosophy. The plan, which will go into effect next quarter, will move significantly more resources into CNN’s digital efforts.

Mark Thompson
CNN’s fate no longer rests on television ratings, a point the new chief executive, Mark Thompson, understands quite well. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/picture alliance via Getty Images
Dylan Byers
December 2, 2023

On Wednesday evening, just as tenuous hostage negotiations were cratering in the Middle East and war raged in Eastern Europe and Kissinger obits were hitting the presses, CNN debuted King Charles, a pretaped weekly primetime series. The show featured Gayle King and Charles Barkley sitting on a pair of soft pink and purple chairs, bantering amicably about news and culture and conducting interviews with the likes of Fat Joe and Gannett pop culture beat reporters.