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| 2005-11-02 |
| Couldn't happen to a To: All CNN Staff From: Jon Klein We have made some programming decisions which will impact our prime time schedule as well as our colleague Aaron Brown. Aaron will be leaving CNN and is very much looking forward to some well-deserved time off with his family. Standard excuse... Aaron has made enormous contributions to CNN since his groundbreaking anchoring of Sept. 11th through the war in Iraq to the Tsunami to the recent hurricanes. Outside of the big stories, on a nightly basis, Aaron has provided our audiences with insight into the events of the United States and the world with eloquence and the highest journalist integrity. Besides his stellar work as an anchor, Aaron stands as an absolutely brilliant writer, evident by the thoughtful perspective he injects into every story he touches. Personally, I will miss Aaron and his wicked sense of humor. We cannot thank Aaron enough for the skills and professionalism he brought to CNN. Given his respect throughout the industry, there is no question that he will be missed. Either his ratings sucked or they're hiding something. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #10 well, if he's quitting voluntarily to spend more time with his family at the height of his career, he's Dad of the Year! rriigghhtt |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-02 22:43 |
| #9 Jon Stewart of The Daily Show on Comedy Central? The one whose best laugh lines nowadays are just the names of senior members of the Bush administration said with a comic strip double take? Not for me, thanks. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-11-02 22:12 |
| #8 Me? Personally? I don't mind seeing Aaron Brown go. Just put in JON STEWART!!! |
| Posted by: OnlySaneAnonymouseLeft 2005-11-02 21:41 |
| #7 Matt: My guess is that Brown's going to surface next as a Democratic speechwriter. Which really won't be much of a change. methinks you nailed it. Fodamage: He was an arrogant, smug, condescending Brown wanker turd of a reporter. just adding |
| Posted by: Foadcnn 2005-11-02 21:35 |
| #6 He was an arrogant, smug, condescending turd of a reporter. I can't have been the only one who commented to that effect, more than once, on the feedback at the CNN website. I'm guessin' that they read those comments |
| Posted by: Fodamage 2005-11-02 21:16 |
| #5 Is CNN still on the air? |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-11-02 17:46 |
| #4 Sha-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, goodbye! |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-11-02 16:36 |
| #3 My guess is that Brown's going to surface next as a Democratic speechwriter. Which really won't be much of a change. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-11-02 16:30 |
| #2 Ratings win out: Ratings-wise, all the numbers are on Cooper's side. Clearly, he's got the Big Mo. In October, the hours that Cooper anchored - 7, 10 and 11 p.m. - showed major increases from a year earlier, particularly among the 25- to 54-year-olds advertisers covet. Let us count the ways. At 7 p.m., Cooper's "360" averaged 811,000 total viewers, up 36 percent over October 2004, says Nielsen Media Research. (Still, he was far behind Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith.) At 10 p.m., the Cooper-Brown "NewsNight" clocked 813,000 viewers - a 4 percent spike compared with Brown's solo performance a year before. And at 11, "NewsNight" averaged 570,000 viewers, up 27 percent. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-11-02 16:25 |
| #1 Who dat? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-11-02 16:22 |