Needless to say, and perhaps by design, the news spread quickly through the embattled network, where one reeling staffer called the move “gross.”
One-time wunderkind Chris Licht was yesterday ousted from his plum job at the helm of CNN, just one year into his contract after a calamitous series of jaw-dropping errors. Maybe someone should tell Chris Licht., Page Six hears that Licht, 51, was living in up at the clubby Midtown haunt the Polo Bar with his similarly ejected former chief of staff, Devan Cayea, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Insiders say it’s not clear if he dined with Pelosi or just happened to run into her. Either way, they apparently posed together for pictures, which Cayea posted on Instagram. Cayea as well as a number of other top Licht lieutenants were alsoOn Wednesday CNN’s corporate head, David Zaslav, told staff at its New York headquarters that he took “full responsibility” for Licht’s tenure.
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO, who hired Licht — who had been a success as the executive producer of several shows, but was untested at the top of an entire network — praised Licht’s past successes.Robert Miller But he said, “For a number of reasons, things didn’t work and that’s unfortunate and ultimately that’s on me. And I take full responsibility for that.” An interim leadership team has taken over while the company searches for a new CEO.
The former “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Morning Joe” boss weathered a stream of disasters in his year-long stint at the network, from the embarrassing and messy collapse of his “CNN This Morning” show to his much-panned town hall with Donald Trump last month.
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