CNN’s New Streaming Service Is Shutting Down Weeks After Rocky Launch

[ElChupacabra]

I am not surprised, terrible timing and questionable return even for the low price.

CNN+ will shut down at the end of April | CNN Business

CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on April 30, just one month after it launched.

www.cnn.com

Fail is clearly a fail.

Sure, especially when you factor in their struggling viewership numbers. It seemed pretty clear that a subscription service was likely to face an uphill battle since you're asking people to pay a premium on content viewers aren't watching on linear where there is no direct cost for the service. I'm sure the recent merger will play a role here and where CNN+ ends up as part of that; I don't think it's going away altogether.

 

[Linuxcooldude]

Source?

"Of the Americans who lean toward either party, 52% of U.S. adults identify as Democrats or lean toward the Democratic Party, while 60% of U.S. adult Twitter users say the same."

Sizing Up Twitter Users

Twitter users are younger, more likely to identify as Democrats, more highly educated and have higher incomes than U.S. adults overall.

www.pewresearch.org

 

[ttwtt78640]

Shocker. Liberals get their information from a variety of sources.

Translation: there was no shortage of ‘news’ outlets supplying liberal confirmation bias.

 

[Phys251]

Translation: there was no shortage of ‘news’ outlets supplying liberal confirmation bias.

Shocker. You pretend to know how we think.

 

[ttwtt78640]

Shocker. You pretend to know how we think.

Nope, my point was that supply was already meeting demand, thus the attempted increase in supply failed.

 

[Phys251]

Nope, my point was that supply was already meeting demand, thus the attempted increase in supply failed.

You think CNN is leftist?

 

[Deuce]

As I previously mentioned, 60% of Twitter users identify as Democrats.

Source?

Also, relevance?

He's admitting that ~40% of Twitter users are Republicans. The idea that Republicans are being silenced is, therefore, absurd.

 

[reflechissez]

As I previously mentioned, 60% of Twitter users identify as Democrats.

and?

 

[ttwtt78640]

You think CNN is leftist?

Yes, most rating sites agree that CNN leans left.

CNN - Bias and Credibility

LEFT-CENTER BIAS These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording

mediabiasfactcheck.com

AllSides Media Bias Chart

The AllSides Media Bias Chart is an easy way for you to identify political bias in the news so you can be better equipped to navigate our increasingly polarized media landscape.

www.allsides.com

Another problem was CNN’s recent ratings drop.

CNN’s Ratings Collapse: Prime Time Down Nearly 70% In Key Demo

The exits of CNN's top-rated anchor Chris Cuomo and its leader Jeff Zucker have left the network with huge ratings losses—down nearly 74% at 9 p.m. alone.

www.forbes.com

 

[Phys251]

Yes, most rating sites agree that CNN leans left.

CNN - Bias and Credibility

LEFT-CENTER BIAS These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording

mediabiasfactcheck.com

AllSides Media Bias Chart

The AllSides Media Bias Chart is an easy way for you to identify political bias in the news so you can be better equipped to navigate our increasingly polarized media landscape.

www.allsides.com

Another problem was CNN’s recent ratings drop.

CNN’s Ratings Collapse: Prime Time Down Nearly 70% In Key Demo

The exits of CNN's top-rated anchor Chris Cuomo and its leader Jeff Zucker have left the network with huge ratings losses—down nearly 74% at 9 p.m. alone.

www.forbes.com

I said leftist, not "leans left." Do try to keep up.

 

[Taylor]

Oh my god please please please elaborate on how you perceive CNN+ as a "woke" business venture. WAIT. Give me five minutes, I gotta make popcorn.

Who do you think the target audience was for Don Lemon, Jemele Hill, Rex Chapman, and Brian Stelter?

This should be really good. Imma make some bourbon-glazed ribs while you work that one out.

 

[ttwtt78640]

I said leftist, not "leans left." Do try to keep up.

Whatever.

 

[Phys251]

Whatever.

So you don't know the difference between "leftist" and "leans left," and why it matters?

 

[Linuxcooldude]

Also, relevance?

He's admitting that ~40% of Twitter users are Republicans. The idea that Republicans are being silenced is, therefore, absurd.

I would say less than that. Independants, libertarians, ect.

 

[Linuxcooldude]

I said leftist, not "leans left." Do try to keep up.

I think that more than qualifies them as leftist.

 

[ttwtt78640]

So you don't know the difference between "leftist" and "leans left," and why it matters?

What matters is that CNN+ failed and CNN’s ratings are in the tank. Pointing out that CNN could go even farther left makes no difference at all.

 

[Phys251]

I think that more than qualifies them as leftist.

In right-wing-o-sphere, anything to the left of Attila the Hun is "leftist." So your label means nothing.

 

[Phys251]

What matters is that CNN+ failed and CNN’s ratings are in the tank. Pointing out that CNN could go even farther left makes no difference at all.

As has been explained multiple times, liberals and leftists don't just rely on CNN. Some of us don't rely on it at all.

 

[Chomsky]

I watched back then, too. However, things have changed a lot since then. Back then, it was debate about differing visions for the country. If you didn't agree with one of them, it was still interesting. Now, however, it isn't debate. One side is making up reality. I wouldn't watch that kind of cable show now.

I can't see Wallace doing the bolded, though.

What I would like to see him do, is add a principled Conservative perspective to the mélange.

 

[ttwtt78640]

Also, relevance?

He's admitting that ~40% of Twitter users are Republicans. The idea that Republicans are being silenced is, therefore, absurd.

Not being a demorat does not mean that one is a republicant. Believe it or not, there are alternatives for non-demorat identifying folks than being republicants.

 

[ultmd]

It also looks like the new CNN head is looking to make CNN more news focused again rather than dominated by wacko opinion personalities.

....says the FauxNews viewer, without even a hint of recognition of the irony.

 

[Lloyd Christmas]

Shocker. Liberals get their information from a variety of sources.

sounds like they just screwed up. My sister joined and she was annoyed that in order to watch any of their programming, she needed a cable provider. What is the point of the streaming service.

The most moronic thing is how pathetic right winger are and their hardon for CNN. Such pathetic losers

 

[Hypothetical]

Are you suggesting that social media only exists on the center and the left?

with the overwrought amount of censoring done, yes.

 

[Hypothetical]

You think CNN is leftist?

absolutely.

 

[ttwtt78640]

As has been explained multiple times, liberals and leftists don't just rely on CNN. Some of us don't rely on it at all.

That (bolded above) was precisely my point - there is no shortage of left-leaning ‘news’ sources. That is why attempting to add CNN+ (yet another left-leaning ‘news’ site) was not successful. That is also why Fox News does so well in the ratings - they have far less right-leaning ‘news’ competition.