> A Discovery executive referring to CNN+ as "CNN minus" particularly rubbed people the wrong way
Sorry, that's pretty funny. It seems like everyone outside of CNN could see that CNN+ was doomed to fail, but the Kool Aid was flowing freely inside.
Sorry, that's pretty funny. It seems like everyone outside of CNN could see that CNN+ was doomed to fail, but the Kool Aid was flowing freely inside.
I guess Fox News has figured it out. I'd be curious to see more examples of both success and failure.
Back then the entire project was designed to appear like it was a serious look at investing in digital for the channel when the goal was actually to slow down the shift from linear cable subs to apps.
It was bizarre then but today it looks like the bread and butter of traditional media company politics.
"Yeah, I'm Disney positive. I was Apple positive, but got over it in February. Don't hardly know anyone with CNN positive."