Rachel Maddow hosts "The Rachel Maddow Show." (Screen grab via Snapstream/MSNBC)
Last week, as NBC News and MSNBC staffers navigated the awkward mechanics of their impending corporate split, an unexpected development briefly united the two camps. The White House released a list of donors bankrolling Donald Trump’s ballroom project in which, buried among the corporate names, was Comcast. The revelation stunned staff inside both newsrooms. Their parent company was helping fund the Trump vanity project that had resulted in the demolition of the East Wing and prompted fierce public backlash.
Suffice to say, but the move by the Brian Roberts and Mike Cavanaugh-led media conglomerate was not received well inside 30 Rock, where journalists had been aggressively covering the ballroom fallout. The outrage has…
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CNN boss Mark Thompson. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery)
CNN’s Second Streamer: CNN on Tuesday launched its second attempt at a standalone streaming service. The Mark Thompson–led network said subscriptions to CNN All Access will cost $69.99 per year (or $41.99 for the first year) and $6.99 per month. In addition to paywalled online articles, the plan will include access to CNN’s domestic and international live feeds, in addition to other video programming—a feature the network is clearly betting on as a key differentiator from other news subscriptions, which have traditionally been text-focused, though that’s changing quickly. It’s a big moment for CNN, which needs to find a way to pivot its entire business model away from the rapidly collapsing cable bundle and make its way to the digital promise lands.
🔍 Zooming in: CNN faces a number of challenges at the outset. Most notably, it is entering the streaming market…
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