VIDEO: CNN’s Zucker on Company Culture

Awhile back, FTVLive posted video from a CNN town hall with President Jeff Zucker answering employee-submitted questions as moderated by Anderson Cooper. The video revealed that many employees, including management, are fearful of Zucker and there is intimidation surrounding him. Zucker responded that he wants pushback with his ideas. Interestingly, […]


Why Is CNN Using Smerconish Instead of Weir and CNN Tonight?

This week, Michael Smerconish returns to the 9 P.M. timeslot on CNN. For the past two weeks, Bill Weir has been anchoring using the CNN Tonight branding. CNN Tonight will become a permanent show this summer in the 10 o’clock slot. However, tonight, Smerconish’s show did not use the CNN […]


South Korean Prime Minister Resigns

South Korea’s prime minister, Chung Hong-won, has announced his resignation after a botched government response to the sunken ferry incident. As opposed to other countries with a prime minister, most of the power is concentrated with the President so this move is largely symbolic. A spokesman for South Korean President […]


CNN at 9: Tapper Doesn’t Take The Lead

With the week’s ratings out, the results are that Jake Tapper and  The Lead failed to surpass any of Michael Smerconish’s demos in the week-over-week. Although Graph 1 does show that both shows followed similar trends in their weekday programming. Spikes on Monday before slowing down on Tuesday, a spike […]


#PoliticalInsider Round-Up: Media Edition

LATE NIGHT, FIRST UP: CBS wasted almost no time in naming Dave Letterman’s replacement. The Tiffany network announced today that Stephen Colbert would be the next host of Late Night. The Colbert Report, which airs on Comedy Central after The Daily Show, will be ending in eight months, and the […]