05-12-2022, 11:57 AM
Great find! Though that also shows in varying degree several of the varied networks that CNN operated at that time. You can see glimpses of CNN Headline News and CNN En Espanol in addition to CNNI and CNN Domestic. Also, around the time that video was made, CNNfn was still around (though IIRC most of that came from New York), as well as CNNS/I and CNN Airport Network (which shuttered last year).
It's too bad to see HLN basically die with the cancellation of Morning Express, though in the era of cost-cutting, I suppose I can see how that would be some low hanging fruit. This is honestly a pretty big moment in CNN's history to cut live news programming from that channel after 40+ years. I still think they could have made a go of it with another format, perhaps something along the lines of a Euronews-style anchorless newswheel format, or a slightly better version of the live stuff that Fox is doing with LiveNOW. Neither of those would require a ton of resources yet could potentially bring in more eyeballs than the millionth rerun of Forensic Files.
It's too bad to see HLN basically die with the cancellation of Morning Express, though in the era of cost-cutting, I suppose I can see how that would be some low hanging fruit. This is honestly a pretty big moment in CNN's history to cut live news programming from that channel after 40+ years. I still think they could have made a go of it with another format, perhaps something along the lines of a Euronews-style anchorless newswheel format, or a slightly better version of the live stuff that Fox is doing with LiveNOW. Neither of those would require a ton of resources yet could potentially bring in more eyeballs than the millionth rerun of Forensic Files.