Eva Longoria and Chris Wallace CNN+ shows will move to HBO Max and CNN

CNN+ will no longer be live and will be replaced by CNN and HBO Max. Eva Longoria: Search for Mexico and Stanley Tucci: Search for Italy are two shows that are moving to the linear CNN network.

It is not known where the rest of the CNN+ slate will end up at this time, or if some CNN+ titles will be added to the HBO Max line up.

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown was one of the CNN shows that was streamed on HBO Max. Half of viewers are cord-cutters, and 80% of viewers watch HBO Max and discovery+ on their TV screens. According to the company, this extends the reach of advertisers into non-cable homes.

We don't know what the combined streaming service will look like. Variety of content, including CNN titles, will attract a diverse audience.

Chris Licht, chairman and CEO, CNN Worldwide, announced the launch of a long-form news show as well as upcoming titles at the company's Upfront presentation.

CNN is attempting a comeback as a streaming service in the year 2023. CNN+ was shut down at the end of April after only a short time. David Zaslav was not going to let this tarnish the newly merged Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Zaslav said that they looked at the data, the number of users and the amount of money spent on the product. The subscribers were not there. The business wasn't there when we looked at the data.

The cable news network spent $250 million to launch the product and another $100 million to promote it. According to sources, CNN had planned to spend more than $1 billion on CNN+ over the course of four years. Zaslav was unwilling to invest any more into the platform.

CNN isn't going anywhere, and the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO is bullish on the brand. CNN's role as a top news organization was emphasized at the Upfront presentation. CNN is the number one digital property in the world.

He said that.

The next chapter of CNN is one where we aspire to be a beacon for the kind of journalism essential to a functioning democracy. The time when extremes are dominating cable news. We will seek to go a different way, reflecting the real lives of our viewers and elevating the way America and the world view this medium. We intend to challenge the traditional philosophy of cable news, delivering programming and commentary that questions the status quo, shatters groupthink, holds our leaders on both sides of the aisle accountable to facts and fights fearlessly to get to the truth.

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