Longtime CNN host Anderson Cooper said his struggling network has been inundated with "drama" over the last couple of years that hurt "morale" inside the company. Cooper told People this week about the tumultuous time at CNN over the last couple of years. CEO CHRIS LICHT OUT AT CNNCooper recently commented in a New York Times interview that he didn’t understand Licht’s strategy for running the network. Cooper told People it was hard seeing CNN being the subject of so many negative headlines during that period. Now that Mark Thompson, a BBC and New York Times veteran, will become CNN’s new president in October, Cooper expressed hope for the future.

Source: CNN September 16, 2023 10:39 UTC