© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: CNN President Jeff Zucker attends a keynote occasion on the Cellular World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
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By Helen Coster and Daybreak Chmielewski
(Reuters) – Jeff Zucker stated on Wednesday he’s resigning as president of CNN and chairman of WarnerMedia’s information and sports activities division, issuing a employees memo through which he acknowledged he didn’t disclose a consensual relationship with a detailed colleague.
“As a part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo’s tenure at CNN, I used to be requested a few consensual relationship with my closest colleague,” Zucker wrote within the memo. “I used to be required to reveal it when it started however I did not.”
Zucker couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
He didn’t identify his colleague within the memo, however the relationship was with Allison Gollust, the chief advertising and marketing officer for the community, CNN anchor Brian Stelter stated throughout a broadcast Wednesday, including she was remaining at CNN.
“Jeff and I’ve been shut mates {and professional} companions for over 20 years,” Stelter quoted Gollust as saying in a separate memo of her personal issued on Wednesday. “Not too long ago, our relationship modified throughout COVID. I remorse that we did not disclose it on the proper time. I am extremely happy with my time at CNN and stay up for persevering with the good work we do on a regular basis.”
CNN is a part of AT&T-owned WarnerMedia, which is being spun off in a $43 billion transaction with Discovery (NASDAQ:) Inc.
Though Zucker had indicated he deliberate to retire from CNN, he was anticipated to play a outstanding function within the new Warner Bros Discovery. Zucker and Discovery Chief Government David Zaslav, who will lead Warner Bros Discovery, are former colleagues and mates.
In a memo to employees, WarnerMedia Chief Government Jason Kilar wrote he accepted Zucker’s resignation and would announce an interim management plan shortly.
Zucker, who joined CNN in 2013, has a storied repute within the TV enterprise marked by early success. He was the chief producer of NBC’s “As we speak” present in his 20s, then grew to become the president of NBC Leisure.
Born and raised in Miami, Zucker has 4 kids and resides in New York Metropolis, in keeping with a profile on CNN’s web site.
Zucker stated his relationship got here to mild throughout the community’s investigation into the conduct of Chris Cuomo, a primetime CNN anchor who was fired in December for helping his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was accused of sexual misconduct.
Andrew Cuomo has stated his accusers had misinterpreted his phrases, gestures and demeanor.
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