CNN will “no longer rely” on commissioning longer-range projects from outside partners, indicating that the news juggler will return to original documentary series and films such as “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”. will come. “Navlany.”
“Our long-term plan will no longer be dependent on projects commissioned with external partners,” CEO Chris Licht wrote in a memo sent to employees on Friday. “It was a very difficult decision, and it was based, in large part, on the rising cost of rolling out third-party premium content. However, I want to make it clear that for a long time content remained an important pillar of our programming. happened.”
Under Amy Entellis, executive vice president of talent and content development for CNN Worldwide, the outlet has produced a slate of Emmy-winning content over the course of a decade, most of which now has homes on Discovery+ and HBO Max.
It includes over 60 documentary features, beginning with the strategic acquisition of “Blackfish” at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Other notable CNN films include “Apollo 11,” “RBG,” “Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street,” “Three Identical Strangers,” “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” and “The Last Movie Stars.” .
The CNN Original Series banner also includes 45 multipart shows, including “United Shades of America” with W. Kamau Bell, “This Is Life” with Lisa Ling, and a 60-episode survey of modern American history in “The Decades of the Series”. is included. The sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties and 2000s.
“This team has also built strong relationships in the film and television industries, and we are extremely grateful to all the partners who have been instrumental to our success,” Licht added, “I thank Amy for her continued I want to thank the partnership and the extraordinary work that he and his team have contributed to CNN.”
In 2023, CNN will broadcast six series and movies each, Including Opioid Doctor “American Pain,” “Eva Longoria: The Search for Mexico” and “See It Loud: The History of Black Television,” a five-part miniseries from LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s Springhill Company. The executive said the goal is to prioritize flexibility and create an approach to making content in-house last longer.
Lalit on Thursday Told Employees say CNN will cut its budget drastically before the end of the year, resulting in layoffs and a “noticeable change” for the network, given the recessionary economy as well as the billions of dollars facing parent company Warner Bros. on account of debt. Search.
