CNN’s new streaming service CNN+ is off to a slower start than executives at the network had hoped, raising new questions about the future of the paid, subscription-based vertical — and more broadly how much consumers are willing to invest in streamed news. TimeWarner’s sale to Discovery certainly complicated the launching of CNN+, as did the ousting of Jeff Zucker as CNN president due to a personal conduct scandal just months before the streaming service came online. “While it’s clear CNN’s leaders have pressed pause on CNN+ I think it’s too early, by a long shot, to call CNN+ another Quibi,” Lukasiewicz said. NBC does not charge for its streaming service, NBC News Now. Fox has repeatedly declined to publicize its subscription numbers for its streaming service.

Source: CNN April 20, 2022 16:19 UTC