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[EviLore]

CNN’s Ukraine war coverage has been good, with a lot of high profile interviews and analysts, on the ground reporting, but for domestic coverage they lost a lot of credibility by turning things into a reality tv production via Jeff Zucker for several years. “Mostly peaceful protests” too, showed a lack of journalistic credibility.

Even looking at their positive side, though, there’s no reason to pay for a premium sub. You can get similar war coverage elsewhere. And that Ukraine war content wasn’t paywalled on CNN+ anyway.

I saw Scott Galloway trying his best to push CNN+ this past month on twitter with exclusive interviews and whatnot. Do I care enough to pay for an interview with, say, Andrew Yang when he’s all over on free long format podcasts already? Of course not. Doomed from day 1.

 

[IntentionalPun]

WTF is even on a cnn streaming service?

CNN?

lol

It's a cable news channel... that streamed to CNN+ for 21 days. (and had it's shows available in a library)

 

[StreetsofBeige]

WTF is even on a cnn streaming service?

$6/mth gets you this.

CNN+ is here: What to expect from the subscription news streamer | CNN Business

On Tuesday CNN is introducing CNN+, a subscription streaming service that combines live news coverage, on-demand programming and interactive interviews.

www.cnn.com

Down the road, CNN+ may be bundled. But at launch it is a standalone product priced at $5.99 a month.
CNN's hit original series like "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," which were previously streaming elsewhere, will now be available exclusively in the CNN+ library. Acclaimed documentaries and specials will also be streaming.

Eight daily newscasts and interview shows will go live throughout the day on weekdays, then be available on demand.
Nearly a dozen new weekly programs like "The Don Lemon Show" and "Jake Tapper's Book Club" will also premiere throughout the week.
A dedicated team will cover breaking news and produce special reports with many of the same correspondents and analysts that appear on CNN.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

 

[EviLore]

With quality content like “Jake Tapper’s Book Club,” I’m surprised more people didn’t cancel their Disney+ sub in favor of CNN+

 

[DeepEnigma]

With quality content like “Jake Tapper’s Book Club,” I’m surprised more people didn’t cancel their Disney+ sub in favor of CNN+

Shit, I hope I can torrent those!

 

[IntentionalPun]

I'm absolutely not shocked it failed, but the concept in general of a $6 service for a cable news network isn't some far fetched idea. It's one of the things "missing" from other streaming services, and there are loads of people paying $50-100 for cable packages and spending 99% of their time parked on CNN/Fox/etc. You've got the Hulu TV / YouTube TV type services but those are just as expensive as cable so a lot of folks are just like "why switch?"

I think the problem is just that... it's cable news.. it's a specific brand of entertainment mixed with news that appeals generally to an older generation that is averse to cord cutting.

BIt of a chicken before the egg, because if cable news was available via cheap streaming that might encourage those old timers to cord cut and the service would have to be created to not expect a rush of users.

 

[bender]

With quality content like “Jake Tapper’s Book Club,” I’m surprised more people didn’t cancel their Disney+ sub in favor of CNN+

It's a really good book club, bub.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I'm absolutely not shocked it failed, but the concept in general of a $6 service for a cable news network isn't some far fetched idea.

This is true. Fox Nation seems to be doing okay for itself.

Their historical docs/programming is pretty decent, and people seem to want to pay for Tucker and crew.

 

[Scotty W]

Hope Stelter is ok

 

[Quasicat]

I’m hoping they don’t do the same to CNN10 as I use it daily for my middle school current events class.
Realistically, they could make a fortune off of locking that behind a streaming service. I know a ton of schools that use it throughout multiple grade levels.

 

[trickybiff]

 

[haxan7]

 

[Billbofet]

They got only 10,000 more viewers than my streaming service, and I don't even have a streaming service.

And, it cost them $10,000 for each one. Holy hell.

 

[Punished Miku]

All the indie news channels I watch have been absolutely loving this slow motion car wreck. Even at their most pessimistic they never predicted a 21 day closure. Possibly the most disastrous launch in the history of modern news.

 

[LegendOfKage]

All the indie news channels I watch have been absolutely loving this slow motion car wreck. Even at their most pessimistic they never predicted a 21 day closure. Possibly the most disastrous launch in the history of modern news.

Same here. I'm done with any obviously biased news that refuses to ever criticize or investigate their own. It's independent journalism now or nothing.

 

[Halo is Back]

This gif has good meme potential

 

[Tieno]

Why would someone torture themselves by watching one of these news networks, let alone pay for it. They offer nothing of value.

 

[VN1X]

CNN’s Ukraine war coverage has been good,

Blink twice if you had to type this under duress.

 

[Javthusiast]

Who the fuck would pay premium for news, regarding of network?

 

[Torrent of Pork]

 

[ManaByte]

 

[EviLore]

Blink twice if you had to type this under duress.

I form my own opinions. CNN’s Ukraine War reporting has been fine.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Never heard of it. Too busy taking massive dumps.