Chris Wallace to get new show on CNN
Executives at CNN plan to give veteran anchor Chris Wallace a Sunday evening show on the network after its online streaming service, which he was hired to host a show on, abruptly shuttered last month.
News of plans for Wallace’s show was first reported by Axios, which noted executives from CNN’s new parent company Warner Bros Discovery would announce the move during the company’s “upfront” presentation to advertisers on Wednesday.
Wallace left his longtime gig hosting “Fox News Sunday” late last year to join CNN as it launched the short-lived subscription-based streaming service CNN+.
Executives at WarnerBros Discovery shut the service down after less than 30 days due to a lack of subscribers, bringing an end to Wallace’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace” interview-style show.
Since CNN+ shuttering, questions have surrounded Wallace’s future and that of editorial direction of CNN, which is now led by new president Chris Licht, who began in the role this month.
“I’m in good shape, whether it’s CNN or someplace else,” Wallace said during an event last month. “Frankly, what I’m mostly concerned about right now, and very, is my team and hundreds of other people … that had jobs at CNN+.”
Axios noted during Wednesday’s upfront presentation, Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav said of the network: “At a time where most news networks are advocacy networks, we at CNN intend to advocate for journalism first.”
Source: TEST FEED1
