The Final Flicker of Cable News As We Know It
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:54 am
MSNBC is getting spun out, CNN is restructuring and the Murdochs are launching a streamer. But can any of them survive the slow death of TV news?
At a moment when the news cycle is moving at a breakneck pace, top cable news executives are grappling with an uncomfortable reality: The future of the business has never been more uncertain. As one veteran executive argues, it is more likely than not that by the end of President Donald Trump’s term, CNN, MSNBC and, yes, even Fox News will have new ownership as the power structures that have defined media for the past four decades break down.
MSNBC is already set to be spun off from Comcast and NBCUniversal, joining sister channel CNBC at “SpinCo,” a cable-focused venture to be led by Mark Lazarus. And at Warner Bros. Discovery, a restructuring has placed CNN into a “global linear networks” division, seemingly destined for future dealmaking.
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At a moment when the news cycle is moving at a breakneck pace, top cable news executives are grappling with an uncomfortable reality: The future of the business has never been more uncertain. As one veteran executive argues, it is more likely than not that by the end of President Donald Trump’s term, CNN, MSNBC and, yes, even Fox News will have new ownership as the power structures that have defined media for the past four decades break down.
MSNBC is already set to be spun off from Comcast and NBCUniversal, joining sister channel CNBC at “SpinCo,” a cable-focused venture to be led by Mark Lazarus. And at Warner Bros. Discovery, a restructuring has placed CNN into a “global linear networks” division, seemingly destined for future dealmaking.
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