Subject: Worse than Oprah Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:59 am
Time Warner brass is succession planning at CNN, but no one’s walking the plank just yet. Senior management is putting together a short list of potential candidates to run CNN Worldwide to end the ratings death spiral at the flagship news channel, several sources confirm. The once-mighty network, created in 1980 by Ted Turner, has been recording some of its lowest ratings in 20 years. Last month, CNN ranked 44th in prime time in the advertiser-coveted, 25-to-54-year-old demographic.