The PR pros at CNN just got fired along with CEO Chris Licht, even though that disastrous Atlantic profile was his passion project
But it wasn't just him. Along with a bunch of other execs close to him, his top two communications people, Kris Coratti Kelly, and her lieutenant Matt Dornic, were shown the door.
That's not super surprising news because anytime a CEO goes, a new CEO will eventually come in, and the wise ones often hire their own teams.I came away convinced that no one but Licht himself was dying to do the profile.But it was Licht who pushed the project forward over the summer of 2022, including over a long dinner with the writer.
Kelly didn't even join until August 2022. She was skeptical, I'm told by a few people, but eventually relented.Subscribe to push notifications
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