Quick bursts of news, barely 280 characters at a time, were perfectly suited for a pre-broadband age when news was relatively scarce. Whereas CNN in those days had a wide variety of programming, including in-depth interview shows, HLN had headlines around the clock. The goal was to preempt a rival with a similar idea: a headline-driven TV channel that would mimic the nonstop wheels of news radio. ![]() The founding father of cable news rushed HLN to air on New Year’s Day 1982, a mere 19 months after he launched CNN. HLN, better known as Headline News, was a Ted Turner creation. The demise of HLN, CNN’s 40-year-old sister station, which will stop airing original newscasts next week, deserves attention not just because it marks the end of an era but because it’s a reminder of how eras in media actually end. But it’s not every day that a fixture of cable television goes belly up. Job losses in journalism have been rolling across the industry for decades now. Yet there’s something different this time around. But the effect is always the same: contraction, lost livelihoods, diminished brands, fewer outlets for both reporters and consumers. ![]() The advertising marketplace is softening. CNN, where I was an anchor until August, is cutting several hundred jobs.Īs usual, explanations vary. The Washington Post is ending its Sunday magazine. NPR is looking for ways to save at least $10 million. The Gannett newspaper chain is laying off scores of local and national journalists. Industry veterans will tell you they’ve come to expect these Christmas-time cutbacks. Text chains and Slack channels are bursting with farewells and expressions of uncertainty about the future. ![]() It seems as though every news giant is shrinking toward 2023 through end-of-year layoffs, hiring freezes, or otherwise Dickensian austerity. Media Winter is here once more, and it is getting ugly.
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