Jeff Zucker

‘Tis the season for my annual 10 predictions for the worlds of media, entertainment and tech for the coming year. Here are what I expect to be 2024’s headline stories. Prediction #1: AI is the headline story, and nothing else comes close Talk of AI will continue to dominate, as it should given the immense transformation we will see AI take in our industry from this point forward. AI is poised to disrupt lives across the creative community – which means disruption to the meaning of art itself.  Expect a…

Updated Dec. 9, 2023 12:16 am ETJeff Zucker ran NBC’s “Today” show as a young executive producer and was CNN’s boss for nearly a decade. Now, the television veteran is angling for a very different assignment: turn conservative British news publications into global brands. Zucker is heading an investment group that has become the top contender to buy the Telegraph and the Spectator, a newspaper and a magazine that are both more than 150 years old. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly bringing live content from CNN to its rebranded streaming service, Max, in the coming year. It appears to be a move toward more news-related content, sources close to the matter told Bloomberg.Who Wants DC’s Canceled Batgirl Movie? | New York Comic Con 2022If the company moves ahead to add CNN’s live broadcasts to Max, it may have to navigate the legality of moving live content away from TV stations. Cable and satellite companiestypically require an outlet to provide first access to…

Michael Bass, CNN’s programming chief and a longtime ally of former President Jeff Zucker, is set to leave the network at the end of the year, CNN said. Chris Licht, CNN’s chairman and chief executive, wrote in an email to the company Monday that Mr. Bass decided to leave CNN after steering it through turbulent times. Mr. Licht didn’t say why Mr. Bass made the decision. Mr. Bass…

Former CNN President Jeff Zucker is in talks with private-equity firm RedBird Capital Partners to run a roughly $1 billion fund investing in sports and media, according to people familiar with the matter.  The move would mark Mr. Zucker’s return to the business world since he resigned from CNN in February after he failed to disclose a consensual relationship with a colleague. While Mr. Zucker is known as a news executive—having run CNN for nine…