<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> executive vice president and chief marketing officer <keyword id="13182715" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="allison-gollust" source="Orion">Allison Gollust</keyword> <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1493744302127820800/photo/1">resigned</a> on Tuesday.</li><li>The announcement comes 2 weeks after <keyword id="13089855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeff-zucker" source="Orion">Jeff Zucker</keyword> resigned his top position at the company.</li></ul>CNN executive vice president and chief marketing officer Allison Gollust resigned from the network on Tuesday following a months-long investigation into conduct by her and her former colleagues, according to a <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1493744302127820800">company memo tweeted out by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter.</a>The announcement comes two weeks after former CNN President <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2">Jeff Zucker resigned his position</a> citing an undisclosed relationship that was uncovered during the network's investigation into former anchor <keyword id="12167999" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chris-cuomo" source="Orion">Chris Cuomo</keyword>.Cuomo was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn-andrew-sexual-harassment-scandal-2021-11">fired from CNN in December</a> after it was revealed that he used his sources to help his brother, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, fight sexual harassment allegations. The former anchor also <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/business/media/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn.html">faced his own allegation of sexual misconduct</a>, which he denied. Following his resignation, Zucker said the "consensual relationship" was with his "closest colleague." <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/business/media/jeff-zucker-cnn.html">The New York Times</a> later identified Gollust as that colleague. "Jeff and I have been close friends and professional partners for over 20 years," Gollust said in an early February statement following Zucker's exit from CNN. "Recently, our relationship changed during COVID. I regret that we didn't disclose it at the right time."Time Warner CEO Jason Kilar told CNN staff in a Tuesday memo that a third-party investigation was commissioned in September and concluded this past weekend."Based on interviews of more than 40 individuals and a review of over 100,000 texts and emails, the investigation found violations of Company policies, including CNN <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> Standards and Practices, by Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, and Chris Cuomo," Kilar wrote. Gollust released her own statement Tuesday evening, telling <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/1493762769413279747/photo/1">NPR</a> that Warner <keyword id="11894119" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="media" source="Orion">Media</keyword>'s statement is an attempt to retaliate against her and "change the media narrative in the wake of their disastrous handling of the last two weeks.""It is deeply disappointing that after spending the past nine years defending and upholding CNN's highest standards of journalistic integrity, I would be treated this way as I leave," Gollust said. "But I do so with my head held high, knowing that I gave my heart and soul to working with the finest journalists in the world."

CNN executive vice president implicated in Jeff Zucker scandal resigns following months-long investigation into company conduct

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> President <keyword id="13089855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeff-zucker" source="Orion">Jeff Zucker</keyword> just resigned over his consensual affair with a network executive.</li><li>Longtime <keyword id="11894119" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="media" source="Orion">media</keyword> personality <keyword id="12223900" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="katie-couric" source="Orion">Katie Couric</keyword> discussed Zucker's bond with Allison Gollust in her memoir.</li></ul>Months before Jeff Zucker <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2">resigned</a> from CNN over his affair with fellow network executive Allison Gollust, Katie Couric sounded the alarm on the relationship in her 2021 memoir, "Going There."On Wednesday, Zucker announced his resignation from CNN in statement shared on <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1488905768342589450">Twitter</a> by CNN's Brian Stelter. Zucker has run CNN since 2013. Gollust serves as the network's executive vice president and chief marketing officer.But according to Couric, rumors about the media executive's close relationship with Gollust have been circling for years.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Evan DeSimone (@MediaEvan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1488922548863700996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2022</a></blockquote>As Couric's longtime boss at NBC, Zucker is a major figure in her recent memoir. Zucker and Couric also worked together on the talk show "Katie." Insider's Claire Atkinson previously <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-courics-book-on-matt-lauer-jeff-zucker-cbs-news-2021-6">reported</a> that the two fell out after Zucker quit "Katie" in 2012 to helm CNN. "Going There" delved into some of that tension, as well as Zucker's ties with Gollust.Couric wrote that Gollust worked with Zucker at NBC and that the pair were "joined at the hip." The media personality characterized Zucker's determination to onboard Gollust to work on Couric's talk show as "a little weird," given that her show had "already hired a PR person." Couric wrote that she met with Gollust at her home in the Hamptons at Zucker's insistence.She said she became uncomfortable with the bond between Zucker and Gollust."I had to wonder why Jeff was angling so hard to bring Allison on board," Couric wrote. "She and her husband and kids had moved into the apartment right above Jeff and Caryn's — everyone who heard about the cozy arrangement thought it was super-strange. By that point, Caryn had become a close friend, and it made me really uncomfortable."Zucker and his ex-wife of 21 years Caryn <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/4596400/who-jeff-zucker-ex-wife-caryn/">split up</a> in 2018.Zucker's resignation surprised many CNN staffers."Total shock," one CNN staffer <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-zucker-resigns-cnn-warnermedia-jason-kilar-staffers-total-shock-2022-2">told Insider</a>. "It's a surprise and shock to all of us," said another. Three executives will <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-michael-bass-amy-entelis-ken-jautz-replace-jeff-zucker-2022-2">assume Zucker's leadership responsibilities</a>: Michael Bass, executive vice president of programming, Amy Entelis, executive vice president for talent, and executive vice president Ken Jautz.

Katie Couric said in her recent memoir that former boss Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust were 'joined at the hip'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Questions about Zucker's relationship with Allison Gollust came to light during the investigation into CNN anchor Chris Cuomo. </li><li>Rolling Stone reported on Thursday Zucker and Gollust also advised former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on how to respond to attacks from former President Donald Trump.</li></ul>CNN executives Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust may have advised then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on how to respond to former President Donald Trump's attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jeff-zucker-cnn-investigation-affair-cuomo-1294608/">Rolling Stone reported on Thursday</a>. Zucker, who led the cable <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> giant since 2013, resigned Wednesday after failing to disclose a "consensual relationship" with Gollust, the company's executive vice president and chief marketing office. Questions about Zucker's relationship with Gollust came to light during the investigation into CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, who was fired in December after it was found he used his <keyword id="11894119" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="media" source="Orion">media</keyword> sources to help his brother fight off sexual harassment allegations, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2">Insider previously reported</a>. The unnamed inside source told Rolling Stone that it was uncovered in the investigation that Zucker was also advising the former Democratic governor on how to respond to Trump's attacks "in ways not dissimilar to what led to Chris Cuomo's dismissal.""The couple provided the governor with talking points on how to respond to the president's criticisms of the New York crisis," Rolling Stone reported.The source also claims the pair often booked the former governor on their network for exclusive appearances which, in turn, helped to boost ratings. Other CNN insiders suspect that Chris Cuomo led investigators to details of Zucker's undisclosed relationship with Gollust as revenge for his firing, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-insiders-suspect-chris-cuomo-flagged-zucker-relationship-revenge-reports-2022-2">Insider previously reported</a>. A representative for CNN did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

CNN's Zucker and Gollust may have advised former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo on how to respond to Trump's attacks, Rolling Stone reported

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jeff Zucker compared his firing from CNN to a gunshot wound, according to a New York Times report.</li><li>Zucker was ousted over his failure to disclose a consensual relationship with a colleague.</li></ul>Jeff Zucker compared his firing from CNN to a gunshot wound, according to a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/business/jeff-zucker-cnn-chris-licht.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times report</a> — in part a self-inflicted one.Speaking to a group of students at Yale University during a seminar on media leadership in April, he said he believed leaders at WarnerMedia, CNN's parent company at the time, used his relationship with a colleague as a pretext for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-zucker-resigns-cnn-warnermedia-jason-kilar-staffers-total-shock-2022-2">his February 2022 ouster.</a>By failing to disclose his relationship with CNN executive Allison Gollust when it first began, he had handed his bosses a weapon, he told the room, according to three people familiar with his comments who spoke to the Times."I gave them a gun, and they shot me with it," Zucker reportedly said.The report on Zucker's bitterness over his firing, which also cites his months of criticism of his successor, Chris Licht, comes as <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a new profile of Licht by the Atlantic Monthly</a> revealed a CNN newsroom in crisis, with journalists at the network expressing mistrust and concern about their CEO's leadership. Top media leaders previously told Insider they were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/media-elite-shocked-by-cnn-boss-chris-licht-profile-atlantic-2023-6">shocked by some of Licht's comments</a> and by decisions like letting the Atlantic's Tim Alberta sit in during his workout with a trainer.Zucker was an immensely popular leader at CNN, and his firing was a staggering shock to its newsroom and the media industry. The precipitating event was his disclosure of his relationship with Gollust, the former CNN communications chief who reported to him. "I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn't. I was wrong," he wrote <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2">in a statement at the time.</a>But two people familiar with Zucker's exit told the Times that an investigation also found the CNN president had violated network standards by taking part in advising Andrew Cuomo, then the governor of New York, as he faced allegations of sexual harassment. Zucker's spokesperson, Risa Heller, told the Times "Mr. Zucker never advised Andrew Cuomo, directly or indirectly." Zucker did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment ahead of publication.Heller also told the Times, "It is wholly unsurprising that Jeff Zucker, the architect of CNN's unprecedented success, would have deep misgivings about the direction the network has taken since he left."Zucker's ouster came two months before Discovery's acquisition of WarnerMedia, announced in early 2021, was completed. David Zaslav, the CEO of merged entity Warner Bros. Discovery, announced <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-ukraine-coverage-audiences-insiders-purpose-pride-after-zucker-exit-2022-2">Licht's appointment to lead the network</a> a few weeks after Zucker's exit.The Times reported that Zucker previously discussed a spinout of CNN with Laurene Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective. After conversations in late 2020, he referred Emerson to WarnerMedia parent AT&amp;T, but a deal never materialized.A spokesperson for WBD did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment ahead of publication. A CNN spokesperson declined to comment.Licht and Zucker met a few months after Zucker's firing, over a lunch in the Hamptons arranged by other media stakeholders, the Times reported. The meeting was meant to create a rapprochement, but sources told the Times that Zucker complained afterwards about Licht's disinterest in his advice.Under Licht, CNN has seen plunging ratings and talent dramas — including the April <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/don-lemon-cnn-anchor-fired-2023-4">firing of network veteran Don Lemon</a>, whom Licht had tapped to coanchor the network's new morning show. A <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-staffers-were-horrified-watching-network-conduct-trump-town-hall-2023-5">CNN presidential town hall with Donald Trump</a> in May <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-trump-town-hall-3-million-viewers-tucker-carlson-fox-2023-5">drew 3.3 million viewers</a> but also elicited a barrage of criticism from <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/18/christiane-amanpour-columbia-cnn-town-hall-00097644" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inside</a> and outside the organization.A WBD spokesman gave the Times a statement affirming its support for Licht's leadership and strategy. Zaslav has repeatedly defended Licht's mission to offer journalism based on "absolute truth," as Licht described it to the Atlantic. Licht on Thursday appointed Zaslav's longtime communications consigliere, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/warner-bros-discovery-leadership-org-chart-merger-2023">David Leavy</a>, as chief operating officer at CNN. The move is widely seen as an effort to right the ship at the network.

Jeff Zucker reportedly compared his firing from CNN to a gunshot wound: 'I gave them a gun, and they shot me with it'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12223900" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="katie-couric" source="Orion">Katie Couric</keyword> said <keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> colleagues "turned a blind eye" to <keyword id="13089855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeff-zucker" source="Orion">Jeff Zucker</keyword>'s "inappropriate behavior."</li><li>Couric said the relationship between Zucker and Allison Gollust made her "uncomfortable."</li></ul>Katie Couric said Thursday that CNN colleagues ignored the "inappropriate" behavior of its recently ousted president, Jeff Zucker."It seems their colleagues and the media at large turned a blind eye to inappropriate behavior," she said in a <a href="https://katiecouric.com/news/katie-couric-responds-cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resignation-allison-gollust/">statement</a> following <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2">Zucker's resignation</a> from the television powerhouse on Wednesday."I worked with Jeff Zucker for many years at NBC and later on my talk show," she wrote of her former boss. "He was a talented and energetic producer. His resignation took me by surprise."Zucker, who led the cable <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> giant for nearly a decade, resigned abruptly this week after his relationship with CNN executive vice president and chief marketing officer Allison Gollust was uncovered as part of the network's investigation into anchor Chris Cuomo."I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn't. I was wrong," he wrote in a statement. "As a result, I am resigning today."Couric previously had mentioned Zucker's relationship with his fellow network executive <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-couric-jeff-zucker-allison-gollust-relationship-memoir-2022-2">in her 2021 memoir,</a> "Going There."Couric wrote that Gollust worked with Zucker at NBC and that the pair were "joined at the hip," Insider's Áine Cain reported, and that she was uncomfortable with the bond between the two. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Evan DeSimone (@MediaEvan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1488922548863700996">February 2, 2022</a></blockquote>"I've also known Allison Gollust since my days at the TODAY show," Couric said in the statement. "I've wondered about the nature of their relationship, but I do know, as I wrote in my memoir Going There, that it made me uncomfortable."This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

Katie Couric says CNN colleagues 'turned a blind eye' to Zucker's 'inappropriate behavior'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Trump released a statement cheering <keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> president <keyword id="13089855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeff-zucker" source="Orion">Jeff Zucker</keyword>'s abrupt resignation.</li><li>He called Zucker a "world-class sleazebag," adding, "Jeff Zucker is gone — congratulations to all!"</li></ul><keyword id="12095641" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="former-president-donald-trump" source="Orion">Former President Donald Trump</keyword> issued a jubilant statement following CNN President Jeff Zucker's sudden resignation on Wednesday, calling the media executive a "world-class sleazebag" while dinging CNN's viewership ratings."Jeff Zucker, a world-class sleazebag who has headed ratings and real-news-challenged CNN for far too long, has been terminated for numerous reasons, but predominantly because CNN has lost its way with viewers and everybody else," Trump said in a statement. "Now is a chance to put Fake News in the backseat because there may not be anything more important than straightening out the horrendous LameStream Media in our Country, and in the case of CNN, throughout the World.""Jeff Zucker is gone—congratulations to all!" Trump added.Zucker, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2">who has led CNN since 2013,</a> said in a statement that he failed to disclose a "consensual relationship" with his "closest colleague" who he'd worked with for 20 years. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/business/media/jeff-zucker-cnn.html">The New York Times reported</a> that the colleague in question is Allison Gollust, CNN's executive vice president and chief marketing officer. She told The Times that their relationship had "changed during Covid."Trump's relationship with Zucker and CNN grew increasingly hostile during his presidency and as the network reported on the many firestorms that engulfed the Trump White House.The former president claimed credit for CNN's rise in the ratings and repeatedly labeled it, along with other legacy print and cable news outlets, "the enemy of the American people."Trump's hatred of CNN grew so intense that in 2017, he <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tried-to-block-the-att-time-warner-merger-to-spite-cnn-report-2019-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tried to block the merger of AT&amp;T and CNN's parent company Time Warner</a>, according to The New Yorker.The report said that Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News' parent company News Corp, was against the merger as "a matter of shrewd business," but that Trump's opposition was widely suspected to be "a matter of petty retaliation against CNN."The former president's animosity toward Zucker is a far cry from the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/zucker-trump-cnn-impeachment/2021/02/06/53a25f8a-67b2-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cozy relationship</a> the two men once shared, along with a mutual push for high ratings."If we made any mistake last year, it's that we probably did put on too many of his campaign rallies in those early months and let them run," Zucker said in 2016, adding: "Because you never knew what he would say."Zucker's abrupt resignation on Wednesday came as a shock to CNN staffers, who suspected that something more was at play than his relationship with the network's number two executive, Allison Gollust. <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/02/the-mystery-behind-jeff-zuckers-cnn-resignation.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to New York Magazine</a>, the relationship is something of an open secret in the media sphere.Gollust worked as former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's communications chief before going to CNN, the report said, and "CNN staffers awkwardly navigated the pairing, since every time they dealt with her, they were keenly aware that she was involved with the boss."

Trump celebrates 'world-class sleazebag' CNN President Jeff Zucker's resignation: 'Congratulations to all!'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> president <keyword id="13089855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeff-zucker" source="Orion">Jeff Zucker</keyword> is stepping down immediately.</li><li>Zucker is resigning after he failed to disclose a relationship with another CNN executive.</li></ul>CNN President Jeff Zucker is resigning after his relationship with a colleague was uncovered as part of the network's investigation into anchor <keyword id="12167999" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chris-cuomo" source="Orion">Chris Cuomo</keyword>, the <keyword id="11894119" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="media" source="Orion">media</keyword> boss said in a statement. Zucker said the "consensual relationship" was with his "closest colleague" and someone he worked with for 20 years, according to a statement shared to <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1488905768342589450">Twitter</a> by CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter. "I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn't. I was wrong," he wrote.Zucker added: "As a result, I am resigning today."<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/business/media/jeff-zucker-cnn.html">The New York Times reported</a> that Zucker was referring to CNN executive vice president and chief marketing officer Allison Gollust.In a statement to the Times, Gollust said their relationship "changed during Covid.""I regret that we didn't disclose it at the right time," she wrote. "I'm incredibly proud of my time at CNN and look forward to continuing the great work we do every day." Gollust told the Times that she will continue on in her role at the network.Zucker, a veteran of the TV <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> business, joined CNN in 2013. He began his career as a researcher on The Olympics, then rose up the ranks at NBC News — running the "Today" show and later becoming chief executive of NBCUniversal before it was acquired by Comcast. He leaves CNN as it <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-paid-streaming-service-cnn-plus-takes-shape-2021-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">prepares to launch its paid streaming service CNN+</a>, a project seen inside the network as its biggest initiative since the company launched in the 1980s."I certainly wish my tenure had ended differently," <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1488905768342589450">he wrote in a statement.</a>Questions about Zucker's relationship emerged during the investigation into CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, who was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn-andrew-sexual-harassment-scandal-2021-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fired in December</a> after it was found he used his media sources to help his brother, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, fight off sexual harassment allegations. Chris Cuomo also <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/business/media/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn.html">faced</a> an allegation of sexual misconduct, which he denied.Zucker initially stood with the former anchor against the allegations that he had used his position to help his brother, though he later rescinded his support. Zucker's departure marks the latest high-profile domino to tumble amid the fallout from the Andrew Cuomo scandal. In August, the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/roberta-kaplan-times-up-resigns-cuomo-sexual-harassment-2021-8">CEO and chairwoman of Time's Up resigned</a> after it was revealed leaders of the nonprofit anti-harassment group had advised former Gov. Cuomo's administration when the misconduct allegations about him first surfaced. A month later, the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alphonso-david-fired-by-human-rights-campaign-threatens-legal-action-2021-9">Human Rights Campaign fired its president</a> over his role advising Cuomo's legal team.The exit comes ahead of a planned <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/david-zaslav-discovery-warnermedia-merger-priorities-streaming-culture-2022-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">merger between Discovery and CNN's parent company, WarnerMedia</a>, set to close in the spring.WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar announced three executives, Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz, as interim co-heads through the merger. "I have full confidence that Michael, Amy and Ken, as interim heads for News, will provide the leadership this organization needs during this time of transition," Kilar said in a memo to staff seen by Insider.Additional reporting by Lara O'Reilly.

CNN boss Jeff Zucker quits abruptly after failing to disclose a 'consensual relationship' with a colleague

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The former <keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> host <keyword id="12167999" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chris-cuomo" source="Orion">Chris Cuomo</keyword> is seeking a $125 million payout from the network.</li><li>In a legal brief obtained by <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/03/chris-cuomo-arbitration-demand-cnn-jeff-zucker-1234979631/">Deadline</a>, Cuomo accused former colleagues of trying to destroy him.</li></ul>Chris Cuomo lashed out at his former CNN "brother" <keyword id="13407553" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="don-lemon" source="Orion">Don Lemon</keyword> in an arbitration filing on Wednesday, part of a lawsuit seeking $125 million from the network that fired him.In the <a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cuomo-CNN-Arbitration-Demand-1.pdf">arbitration brief</a>, first obtained by <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/03/chris-cuomo-arbitration-demand-cnn-jeff-zucker-1234979631/">Deadline</a>, Cuomo said his career had suffered countless damage from his <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn-andrew-sexual-harassment-scandal-2021-11?r=US=T">termination</a> by CNN in December.He accused some of his former CNN colleagues of attempting to destroy his reputation in the process.CNN <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn-andrew-sexual-harassment-scandal-2021-11?r=US&amp;IR=T">fired</a> Cuomo last year after it emerged that he had privately helped his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=283905120066992">navigate</a> a sexual-harassment scandal.He is seeking $15 million in wages for the remainder of his four-year contract and $110 million in damages.In the brief, Cuomo said the CNN executives Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust — who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">both resigned</a> from the network earlier this year after failing to disclose their romantic relationship — did not discipline other CNN staff who appeared to break the rules."As long as CNN's ratings would not be hurt, Zucker and Gollust were more than willing to overlook major transgressions by CNN personalities such as Don Lemon and Jake Tapper, or even to engage in blatant misconduct themselves," the filing said.Cuomo specifically called out Lemon, with whom he once appeared to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgpPuMtxCks">share a close relationship</a>.The brief cited one specific incident in November 2021, saying the "Empire" actor <a href="https://www.insider.com/jussie-smollett-mugshot-released-jail-sentence-in-chicago-2022-3">Jussie Smollett</a> testified at trial that Lemon had warned him that Chicago police didn't believe his false accusations of a hate crime."Intervening in the ongoing investigation by texting Smollett was an inexcusable breach of ethics," the filing argued. "Yet CNN did nothing. Lemon was not disciplined in any way."The filing also cited a 2020 <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-jake-tapper-republican-sean-parnell-democrat-conor-lamb">Fox News article</a> that said Tapper had "repeatedly urged Congressional candidate Sean Parnell not to run against Rep. Conor Lamb, but to run in a 'safer,' more heavily Republican district.""CNN conducted no inquiry and imposed no disciplinary measures on Tapper," the filing said.Turner, CNN's parent company, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Lemon and Cuomo have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgpPuMtxCks">shared an on-screen bromance</a>, often calling each other "brother" and exchanging "I love yous" during their on-air prime-time hand-offs. They have <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYCGlBRlIcu/">posed together</a> in Instagram pictures. Lemon has not publicly commented on Cuomo's firing but was critical of the possibility of a severance payment to Cuomo in a February CNN meeting that followed Zucker's resignation. In an audio clip of the meeting, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-anchors-staff-grill-warnermedia-ceo-jason-kilar-jeff-zucker-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">obtained</a> by Insider's Claire Atkinson, Lemon said: "Did you think about what message it sends to the journalists in this company and to the larger public, that someone can be found to break with those journalistic standards and then get paid handsomely for it?"

Chris Cuomo lashed out at former CNN 'brother' Don Lemon in lawsuit seeking $125 million from the network after being fired

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> boss <keyword id="13089855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeff-zucker" source="Orion">Jeff Zucker</keyword> resigned after admitting to a romantic relationship with a network exec.</li><li>He said it was uncovered during investigations into <keyword id="12167999" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chris-cuomo" source="Orion">Chris Cuomo</keyword>, an anchor fired in December.</li></ul>Some CNN insiders suspect the former <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> anchor Chris Cuomo flagged <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-couric-jeff-zucker-allison-gollust-relationship-memoir-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">Jeff Zucker's workplace relationship</a> as revenge for firing him, multiple reports say.Zucker <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-michael-bass-amy-entelis-ken-jautz-replace-jeff-zucker-2022-2">resigned</a> as CNN's president on Wednesday after admitting that he had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">failed to disclose a romantic relationship</a> with Allison Gollust, a senior executive at the network.In a memo, Zucker said he was asked about his relationship during an investigation into Cuomo, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn-andrew-sexual-harassment-scandal-2021-11?r=US&amp;IR=T">who was fired from the network in December</a> after it emerged he had privately helped his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, navigate a sexual-harassment scandal."Notice Zucker mentioned how this came from the Cuomo investigation," one senior CNN staffer told <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com./cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-romantic-relationship-with-closest-colleague?ref=home">The Daily Beast</a> after Zucker's announcement. "People think this is clearly Cuomo dragging down Zucker on his way out."<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/business/media/jeff-zucker-cnn.html?">The New York Times</a> cited two anonymous people briefed on the matter as saying that Cuomo's legal team flagged Zucker's romantic relationship in discussions with WarnerMedia lawyers. WarnerMedia is CNN's parent company.The WarnerMedia lawyers were interviewing Cuomo and CNN management about the anchor's eight-year tenure at the network, The Times reported. In those discussions, Cuomo's lawyers said Zucker was hypocritical to suggest Cuomo had a personal conflict of interest when he was having a relationship with someone in the company, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/02/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-relationship-00004681">Politico reported</a>, citing two sources.Cuomo was said to be "livid" after his termination and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-hires-lawyer-seeking-18-million-from-cnn-reports-2021-12">making arrangements to sue CNN</a> over the remainder of a four-year contract he signed in 2020, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-cans-chris-cuomo-for-helping-andrew-cuomo-fight-sexual-harassment-allegations">The Daily Beast</a> and <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/12/06/chris-cuomo-prepping-to-sue-cnn-over-his-reported-6m-a-year-contract/">New York Post</a> reported at the time.In an hourlong meeting with WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar on Wednesday, the anchor Jake Tapper said: "An outside observer might say, 'Well, it looks like Chris Cuomo succeeded,'" <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fcnn-employees-grill-warnermedia-ceo-over-jeff-zuckers-departure-11643863540%3FAID%3D11557093%26PID%3D6415797%26SID%3Dundefined%257C1643892575923u25ufatc%26subid%3DBusiness%2BInsider%26cjevent%3Dbdff92b484ef11ec82bdf1b70a180512%26tier_1%3Daffiliate%26tier_2%3Dmoa%26tier_3%3DBusiness%2BInsider%26tier_4%3D3861930%26tier_5%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.wsj.com%252Farticles%252Fcnn-employees-grill-warnermedia-ceo-over-jeff-zuckers-departure-11643863540">The Wall Street Journal reported</a>."He threatened Jeff. Jeff said we don't negotiate with terrorists. And Chris blew the place up. How do we get past that perception that this is the bad guy winning?" Tapper added, according to The Journal.Representatives for Cuomo, Zucker, and WarnerMedia did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Cuomo once had a close relationship with Zucker, who personally recruited him from ABC News, The Daily Beast reported. Gollust also briefly served as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's communications director before joining CNN.Zucker's sudden departure <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-zucker-resigns-cnn-warnermedia-jason-kilar-staffers-total-shock-2022-2">reportedly stunned many CNN staffers</a>, who described him as a hands-on leader who took a personal interest in employees. "Jeff was a great leader during a tumultuous time in the country," one senior network correspondent told <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/02/the-mystery-behind-jeff-zuckers-cnn-resignation.html">New York magazine.</a>"It's a mixture of shock and heartbreak. Jeff had relationships with everyone, from anchors to reporters to producers. Everyone loves Jeff," another CNN source told New York Magazine.

CNN insiders suspect Chris Cuomo flagged Jeff Zucker's workplace relationship as revenge for firing him, reports say

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> president <keyword id="13089855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeff-zucker" source="Orion">Jeff Zucker</keyword> abruptly stepped down on Wednesday, reportedly shocking network employees.</li><li>Zucker asked WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar to stay longer so he could help with a transition, CNN reported.</li></ul>Jeff Zucker wanted to stay at CNN until the spring, but was refused and asked for an immediate resignation, the network reported.Zucker <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">abruptly resigned as CNN president</a> on Wednesday, saying he failed to disclose a consensual relationship with a senior network executive. Many CNN staffers were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-zucker-resigns-cnn-warnermedia-jason-kilar-staffers-total-shock-2022-2">said to be shocked by the resignation</a>.Zucker had been expected to play a prominent role in the merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery, which is set to take place this summer. WarnerMedia is also planning to launch a new subscription streaming video <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> service called CNN+, in the spring.In a meeting with top CNN executives that morning, Zucker suggested he wanted to stay on the network until at least the spring to oversee a smooth transition, but WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar refused, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/02/media/jeff-zucker-cnn/index.html?utm_term=1643863168608a0ff42eeb271&amp;utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+-+February+2%2C+2022&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;bt_ee=d7rRDoVEYKG79VseBrFt%2BnhfU6EpKrrqKnUIYzaXmG6Gd%2BO1FOua6O2cSJFTu6yf&amp;bt_ts=1643863168610">CNN reported</a>.Zucker would be fired if he did not resign immediately, CNN reported, citing two sources.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fcnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-citing-relationship-with-colleague-11643818528">The Wall Street Journal also reported</a> that Zucker expressed plans to stay at CNN at least until the Discovery deal closed.Kilar said three senior executives — Michael Bass, Amy Entelis, and Ken Jautz — would lead CNN until the merger with Discovery is complete, the network reported.Kilar flew to New York to oversee Zucker's transition, and ran a team meeting that Zucker usually holds, CNN reported.Kilar has since been fending off questions from CNN staffers, some of whom felt Zucker didn't get a second chance after admitting that he had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">failed to disclose his romantic relationship</a> with Allison Gollust, the senior executive.In a tense, hourlong meeting on Wednesday evening, attended by top CNN talent including teh hosts Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer, and Jim Acosta, Kilar declined to answer questions about the specifics of his decision and why Zucker left so quickly, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-audio-cnn-employees-question-jason-kilar-jeff-zucker-exit-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">according to an audio recording obtained by Insider.</a>Kilar also declined to answer questions about the timeline of Zucker's departure but said he had followed a process "with an appropriate sense of urgency," The Journal reported.Some CNN staffers also suspected that former news anchor Chris Cuomo flagged Zucker's workplace relationship as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-insiders-suspect-chris-cuomo-flagged-zucker-relationship-revenge-reports-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">revenge for firing him</a> in December. Cuomo was fired after it emerged he was helping his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, navigate a sexual-harassment scandal.One staffer <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/cnn-employees-continue-to-push-back-on-the-fall-of-jeff-zucker">told Vanity Fair</a> there was "lots of anger" and "lots of corporate doublespeak" during Kilar's Wednesday meeting with staff.Kilar "had no answers and didn't come across as aware of what was going on at CNN, or cognizant of how people felt about Jeff," the person said.

Jeff Zucker wanted to stay at CNN until the spring, but was refused and asked for an immediate resignation, report says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In December, a woman accused former <keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword> host <keyword id="12167999" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chris-cuomo" source="Orion">Chris Cuomo</keyword> of <keyword id="12223902" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sexual-misconduct" source="Orion">sexual misconduct</keyword>.</li><li>The woman told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/business/jeff-zucker-cnn.html">The New York Times</a> that Cuomo tried to keep her silent by arranging a positive segment about her employer. </li></ul>An unnamed woman who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spokesman-for-chris-cuomo-denies-sexual-misconduct-allegation-2021-12">accused former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo of sexual misconduct</a> alleges he tried to keep her silent by arranging a positive <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> segment about her employer years after the alleged assault, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/business/jeff-zucker-cnn.html">The New York Times.</a>In December 2021, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn-andrew-sexual-harassment-scandal-2021-11">Cuomo was fired from CNN</a> for using his <keyword id="11894119" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="media" source="Orion">media</keyword> sources to help his brother, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, fend off sexual misconduct allegations. Days later, The Times reported, employment lawyer Debra. S. Katz told CNN that a former junior colleague who previously worked with Chris Cuomo at a different network had accused the anchor of past sexual misconduct. The Times' Tuesday <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/business/jeff-zucker-cnn.html">report</a> — detailing the months-long investigation into company conduct concerning Cuomo, former CNN president Jeff Zucker, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-executive-vp-resigns-following-zucker-scandal-investigation-2022-2">former vice president and chief marketing officer Allison Gollust</a> — revealed new information surrounding the sexual assault allegation against Cuomo, including an interview with the anonymous woman. According to the outlet, Katz sent a letter to CNN on December 1, describing the alleged incident on behalf of the woman. The woman, referred to as Jane Doe in the letter, alleges she was working in a temporary position at ABC News in 2011 when Cuomo, one of the network's anchors at the time, offered her career advice. The next day, he reportedly invited her to have lunch in his office, according to interviews with Doe and emails between her and Cuomo reviewed by The Times.There was no food when she arrived and Cuomo propositioned her for sex, she said. When she declined, she alleges he assaulted her. She then ran out of the room. Doe told the newspaper that she attempted to smooth things over with Cuomo later that day by writing him a friendly email. She said she was still hoping to secure a job. The Times spoke to five people who said the woman told them about Cuomo's alleged unwelcome advances, but Doe said she only began talking about the assault in the past year because it was private and painful. Years after the alleged incident, amid the height of the #MeToo movement, Cuomo reportedly contacted the woman out of the blue, as other TV journalists like Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose were facing sexual misconduct allegations. Katz's letter claimed that Cuomo suggested organizing a CNN segment about the company where Doe was employed doing public relations, according to The Times. The woman told the outlet that she tried to avoid contact with him, but the network ultimately ran the segment."After years without any substantive communication from Mr. Cuomo whatsoever, Ms. Doe suspected he was concerned about her coming forward publicly with her allegations and wanted to use the proposed segment as an opportunity to 'test the waters' and discourage her from going on the record about his sexual misconduct," Katz wrote, according to the outlet.The Times reviewed the messages that Cuomo sent to Doe, as well as the CNN segment. In her letter to CNN, Katz reportedly said the woman does not want to become "a pawn in an internecine war between Zucker, Chris Cuomo, and CNN," and would not be commenting further on the matter. Steven Goldberg, a spokesman for Cuomo, told Insider that the allegations in the anonymous letter are false."He was never asked about the allegations prior to being terminated nor given an opportunity to respond to the allegations," he said. In September, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-sexual-harassment-allegation-former-boss-cnn-2021-9">Cuomo was accused of sexually harassing a different former colleague</a> while at ABC. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shelley-ross-chris-cuomo-sexual-harassment-allegations-not-enlightened-2021-9">Shelly Ross</a>, a TV journalist who once served as Cuomo's boss at the network, accused the anchor of groping her during a hug at a bar. Cuomo at the time acknowledged that the encounter happened but denied that it was sexual in nature. "As Shelley acknowledges, our interaction was not sexual in nature," he said. "It happened 16 years ago in a public setting when she was a top executive at ABC. I apologized to her then, and I meant it."

Chris Cuomo accuser alleges the former CNN anchor tried to keep her quiet by arranging a positive segment about her employer: report

Happy Friday, folks! Today we're telling you about the arrival of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/17/22939177/peloton-lanebreak-video-game-fitness-bikes">Peloton's video game</a>, and sharing the <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/deals/presidents-day-deals-sales-2022">best Presidents' Day sales</a> available now. BTW — We'll be off Monday in observance of Presidents' Day. We'll be back in your inboxes on Tuesday. Now, let's get started. <hr />If this was forwarded to you, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/10-things-in-tech">sign up here</a>. Download Insider's app – click <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id554260576">here for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freerange360.mpp.businessinsider">here for Android</a>.<hr /><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/17/22939177/peloton-lanebreak-video-game-fitness-bikes"></a>1. It's here: Peloton's long-awaited video game has finally arrived. Lanebreak, the company's in-app video game that aims to make exercise entertaining, is now available for Peloton Bike and Bike Plus owners. Here's the rundown:<ul><li>In the game, riders control a "wheel-like avatar" along a six-lane track (think <a href="https://gizmodo.com/peloton-lanebreak-hands-on-1848552894">Mario Kart's Rainbow Road</a>). The further right a rider goes, the higher the resistance becomes, and the harder the workout gets. </li><li>Bikers can choose from four different difficulty levels, from beginner to expert, and from several different playlists, with music from artists like David Bowie and David Guetta. <a href="https://blog.onepeloton.com/lanebreak/">Here's how to find the game on your peloton.</a></li><li>The game's release comes despite <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/im-one-of-2800-people-peloton-laid-off-im-shocked-2022-2">weeks of drama</a> for the connected-fitness company, which saw thousands of layoffs following its CEO's resignation earlier this month. Leaked screenshots seen by Insider showed employees' names <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-screenshots-peloton-slack-layoffs-hit-2022-2">disappearing en masse </a>from the company's Slack.</li></ul><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/17/22939177/peloton-lanebreak-video-game-fitness-bikes">Everything else to know about Lanebreak.</a><hr />In other news:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-paid-200-million-for-joe-rogan-experience-podcast-report-2022-2"></a><div type="image" title="joe rogan" height="2530" width="3373" msid="89665506" hostid="261"></div>2. Spotify reportedly paid $200 million for Joe Rogan's podcast. Spotify's exclusivity deal with the controversial podcast was initially valued at $100 million — but the streamer actually paid Rogan double what was reported, according to the NYT. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-paid-200-million-for-joe-rogan-experience-podcast-report-2022-2">Get the full rundown here.</a>3. Leaked document shows Amazon's ambitious physical stores plans are falling short of expectations. Data viewed by Insider revealed far fewer people are using Dash Carts, its cashierless grocery carts, than it predicted. While it hoped the carts would handle roughly 30% of all shopping sessions, the number is between 11% to 15%. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-dash-cart-fresh-grocery-cashierless-ambitions-decline-in-usage-2022-2">What the minimal usage could mean for Amazon.</a>4. Future Chevrolet Bolts could have airless tires. According to CNN, Michelin has been working with General Motors to develop airless tires that would be sold on the next-generation electric vehicle, expected to go on sale in the coming years. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/business/michelin-airless-tire/index.html">CNN has the details.</a>5. Microsoft is hiring for over 6,600 US roles — so we outlined the qualifications you need to get hired. The <keyword id="6358815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tech" source="Orion">tech</keyword> giant is ramping up hiring in areas like engineering and data science, with many jobs paying over $100,000 in base salary. To nab one of those high-paying roles, applicants need certain certifications and skills, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-hired-microsoft-salary-tech-skills-certifications-2022-2">which we broke down here.</a>6. Cisco is making more changes to how its salespeople are compensated. Now, employees will earn a higher commission when selling subscription-based products than they would for one-time purchases —<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cisco-salespeople-compensation-changes-subscriptions-supply-chain-2022-2">and some are worried it'll hurt their bottom line.</a>7. Experts share what privacy changes Apple could make next. Apple roiled advertisers last year with its ad updates, and insiders think it could have more plans to clamp down on tracking — like creating its own version of Privacy Sandbox. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ad-insiders-predict-apple-next-privacy-update-private-relay-2022-2">Here's how it could disrupt the ad industry next.</a>8. People with bionic eye implants are going blind again as the gadget expires. Hundreds of people have a discontinued retinal implant in their eyeballs — and the nearly bankrupt company that made it isn't offering to remove or update the device. <a href="https://www.insider.com/people-with-eye-implants-risk-going-blind-when-device-expires-2022-2">More on the discontinued implants.</a><hr />Odds and ends:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lexus-ux-250h-review-hybrid-price-250-suv-ev-specs-2022-2"></a><div type="image" title="A blue Lexus UX 250h." height="2359" width="3146" msid="89665507" hostid="261"></div>9. Review: The hybrid Lexus UX proves even luxury cars can be quirky and fun. Starting at $36,425, the 2021 Lexus UX 250h hybrid is young, fun, and colorful, with a sporty exterior and a beautifully designed — but slightly cramped — interior. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lexus-ux-250h-review-hybrid-price-250-suv-ev-specs-2022-2">Read the full review here.</a>10. We listed the 45 best Presidents' Day sales available now. Big names like Best Buy, Mirror, and GoPro are lowering their prices on tech and appliances this weekend. <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/deals/presidents-day-deals-sales-2022">See the biggest sales happening now.</a><hr />The latest people moves in tech:<ul><li>Electric vehicle startup Canoo's talent exodus continues as its manufacturing and investor relations execs <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/canoos-talent-exodus-continues-frank-faga-kamal-hadid-exit-2022-2">leave the company.</a></li><li>CNN's executive vice president and chief marketing officer Allison Gollust <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-executive-vp-resigns-following-zucker-scandal-investigation-2022-2">resigned on Tuesday.</a></li><li>Peloton's supply chain chief, chief business officer, and chief operating officer <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peloton-loses-3-more-senior-execs-amid-broad-shake-up-2022-2">have left the company.</a></li><li>Nick Clegg was promoted to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-mark-zuckerberg-promotes-nick-clegg-deal-governments-2022-2">president of global affairs at Meta.</a></li><li>Key dogecoin developer Ross Nicoll is stepping away <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/dogecoin-developer-ross-nicoll-stepping-away-blog-meme-crypto-doge-2022-2">from the meme-based coin.</a></li></ul><hr />Curated by Jordan Parker Erb in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email <a href="mailto:jerb@insider.com">jerb@insider.com</a> or tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanparkererb?lang=en">@jordanparkererb</a>.) Edited by Michael Cogley in London.

10 Things in Tech: Peloton's big game

Welcome back to <keyword id="11921772" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="insider-weekly" source="Orion">Insider Weekly</keyword>, a roundup of some of our top stories. I'm Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider.What do Barack and Michelle Obama, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Kim Kardashian, and Ava DuVernay have in common? What if I add Joe Rogan to the list? The addition of Rogan might have given you the strongest hint: The cast of A-list stars have all <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-star-podcast-partners-few-shows-insiders-tumult-2022-2">signed podcast deals with Spotify in recent years</a>. And the reason Rogan might be the strongest hint is telling. It's likely because he's the public figure you most closely associate with the audio giant, for better or <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-rogan-spotify-n-word-daniel-ek-silence-covid-misinformation-2022-2">worse</a>.In contrast, as Natalie Jarvey and Steven Perlberg <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-star-podcast-partners-few-shows-insiders-tumult-2022-2">reported this week</a>, many of the superstars who have signed with <keyword id="11911163" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spotify" source="Orion">Spotify</keyword> have released little, if anything, on the platform. In the case of Markle and Harry, there's just one 33-minute holiday special to listen to since a reported $25 million deal was signed in late 2020. Natalie and Steven's story provides an inside look at why. They report that a creative "bottleneck," a shifting strategy, and internal tumult have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-star-podcast-partners-few-shows-insiders-tumult-2022-2">curtailed Spotify's splashy deals</a>. Read on for a Q&amp;A with them both.<hr /><h3>Also in this week's <keyword id="11894123" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="newsletter" source="Orion">newsletter</keyword>:</h3><ul><li>13 experts predict who can <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-could-replace-jeff-zucker-cnn-candidates-news-insiders-2022-2">take over for Jeff Zucker, CNN's former boss</a>.</li><li>A collection of witch nonfungible tokens has generated <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-coven-nft-witches-popular-with-women-in-web3-vc-2022-2">over $20 million in sales</a>.</li><li>Wall Street's adoption of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/finance-public-cloud-technology-banks-hedge-funds-jobs-2022-2">public cloud could upend finance jobs</a>.</li></ul>Let me know what you think of all our stories at <a href="mailto:mturner@insider.com">mturner@insider.com</a>.<hr /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription">Subscribe to Insider</a> for access to all our investigations and features. New to the newsletter? <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/insider-weekly">Sign up here</a>. Download our app for news on the go – <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id554260576?mt=8">click here for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freerange360.mpp.businessinsider">here for Android</a>.<hr /><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-star-podcast-partners-few-shows-insiders-tumult-2022-2">Inside Spotify's rocky attempt to produce hit podcasts</a></h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-star-podcast-partners-few-shows-insiders-tumult-2022-2"></a>Our reporters Natalie Jarvey and Steven Perlberg take us <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-star-podcast-partners-few-shows-insiders-tumult-2022-2">inside Spotify's podcast deals</a>.What prompted you to dig into what's going on at Spotify?Natalie: I've been covering Spotify for years, so I always try to keep an ear to the ground about what's going on with the company. In January, it came to light that Spotify was just starting to hire for its first series with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who signed a deal to make podcasts for Spotify back in 2020. At that point, I realized that a lot of the Spotify podcast deals I had previously written about — with big-name Hollywood talent like Jordan Peele, Ava DuVernay, and Kim Kardashian — hadn't actually yielded any shows.What was the most surprising thing you learned while reporting this story?Natalie: It was really interesting to review the details of some of Spotify's podcast deals. That helped me understand what kind of an investment Spotify was making into podcasting. It turns out, many of these deals are a relatively low financial risk for Spotify, even with the high-profile talent involved.What do you think the future holds for Spotify's podcast strategy?Steven: I think our reporting shows that Spotify's efforts to develop shows in-house has at best had mixed success and that signing splashy development deals with big-name stars — who have no audio-storytelling experience and many other simultaneous projects — guarantees you a press release, not a hit.A more reliable strategy, and one that Spotify is already pursuing, is to sign proven podcasters to exclusivity deals, like they've done with Alex Cooper for "Call Her Daddy" or Joe Rogan. The recent Rogan controversy will likely push Spotify to reach more deals like these, not fewer. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said it himself in a recent <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22915456/spotify-ceo-joe-rogan-daniel-ek-town-hall-speech-platform-podcast">town hall with employees</a>: "The real thing here is to try to go for an even broader set of exclusives that represent even more voices."Read the full story here: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-star-podcast-partners-few-shows-insiders-tumult-2022-2">Spotify's splashy deals with stars from Ava DuVernay to Kim Kardashian made headlines, not podcasts. Insiders and leaked deal memos reveal a creative 'bottleneck,' shifting strategy, and internal tumult.</a><hr /><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-could-replace-jeff-zucker-cnn-candidates-news-insiders-2022-2">Who's the next Jeff Zucker?</a></h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-could-replace-jeff-zucker-cnn-candidates-news-insiders-2022-2"></a><div type="image" title="Jeff Zucker" height="997" width="1330" msid="89705927" hostid="261"></div>2022 is off to a rocky start for <keyword id="11893609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cnn" source="Orion">CNN</keyword>, with the resignation of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-zucker-resigns-cnn-warnermedia-jason-kilar-staffers-total-shock-2022-2">Jeff Zucker</a>, its longtime leader, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-executive-vp-resigns-following-zucker-scandal-investigation-2022-2">Allison Gollust</a>, its head of marketing and chief spokesperson, who both departed amid a flurry of headlines after disclosing their romantic relationship.Zucker's resignation, in particular, left a void that can be filled only by a seasoned and steady-handed news executive. Insider talked to 13 senior news-industry insiders, agents, and experts to get their thoughts on who might fill Zucker's shoes and lead CNN into the next decade.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-could-replace-jeff-zucker-cnn-candidates-news-insiders-2022-2">See who could take the reins at CNN.</a><hr /><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-coven-nft-witches-popular-with-women-in-web3-vc-2022-2">The NFT 'crypto coven' is exploding in popularity</a></h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-coven-nft-witches-popular-with-women-in-web3-vc-2022-2"></a><div type="image" title="Women in venture capital have embraced the so-called &quot;crypto coven.&quot;" height="1200" width="2400" msid="89705929" hostid="261"></div>Created by a group of five friends, the collection of witch NFTs — or the "<keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> coven" — has become a magical and lucrative project in the fast-growing digital-token space.The 9,906 witches have whimsical features like swooping hats, horns, crowns, and tattoos. The collection, which is sold out, has already generated over $20 million in sales, with the cheapest nonfungible token reselling for over $5,400.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-coven-nft-witches-popular-with-women-in-web3-vc-2022-2">Here's how five friends created the "crypto coven."</a><hr /><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/finance-public-cloud-technology-banks-hedge-funds-jobs-2022-2">How the public cloud will affect finance jobs</a></h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/finance-public-cloud-technology-banks-hedge-funds-jobs-2022-2"></a><div type="image" title="Photo illustration of New York City buildings and a Wall Street sign being covered by large clouds." height="900" width="1200" msid="89705931" hostid="261"></div>Cloud technology has percolated through nearly every nook and cranny of Wall Street, from investment banking to risk management and marketing. Increased adoption of the public cloud has allowed Wall Street to cut costs and innovate like never before.But more reliance on the <keyword id="6358815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tech" source="Orion">tech</keyword> will force change upon finance workers — and could come at the expense of some people's jobs.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/finance-public-cloud-technology-banks-hedge-funds-jobs-2022-2">Read how the cloud could upend the sector.</a><hr /><h3>More of this week's top reads:</h3><ul><li>Two Carlyle Group execs open up about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/carlyle-partners-ashley-evans-anna-tye-women-in-private-equity-2022-2">navigating the complicated road to partner</a>.</li><li>Microsoft's headquarters will reopen February 28. We got a look at an email <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-plans-to-reopen-its-headquarters-this-month-email-shows-2022-2">detailing all the new rules</a>.</li><li>See the pitch deck Teladoc is using to win over <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teladoc-primary360-earnings-primary-care-pitch-deck-internal-data-2022-2">more health plans and companies than expected</a>.</li><li>Insider has identified the 16 most influential women shaping the future of psychedelics. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/influential-women-shaping-the-future-of-psychedelics-2022-2/">Meet them here</a>.</li><li>A 34-year-old who has 198 rental properties shares <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/real-estate-investing-investor-owns-hundreds-rentals-explains-how-2022-2">five tips for beginners entering the market now</a>.</li><li>NYC parents are at war with their <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-private-school-parents-tension-2022-2">$60,000-a-year private schools over COVID-19 rules</a>.</li><li>We explain how to tell whether you're <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/signs-you-are-a-narcissist-at-work-2021-9">a narcissist at work</a>.</li><li>Insider listed 37 Black venture capitalists bridging funding gaps for founders from underrepresented backgrounds. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/black-vc-investors-started-firms-invest-diverse-underrepresented-startup-founders-2022-2">Meet them here</a>.</li></ul><hr />Curated by Matt Turner. Edited by Jordan Parker Erb and Lisa Ryan. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter">Sign up for more Insider newsletters here</a>.

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CNN executive vice president implicated in Jeff Zucker scandal resigns following months-long investigation into company conduct

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10 Things in Tech: Peloton's big game

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Spotify has made noise with big-name podcast deals. But many of its star partners haven't produced any content.

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