For months, Krauss said, Salem executives explicitly pressured her to change how she treated Trump. Multiple people familiar with that matter told CNNMoney that they believed executives targeted conservative critics of Trump at RedState for removal. Salem executives were not themselves uniform in their support for Trump; indeed, at least one was sharply critical of him in the internal emails. Medved remains one of the few nationally syndicated Salem hosts who continued to staunchly oppose Trump, and he has come under pressure from Salem executives, people familiar with the matter said. If he was removed it was due to lower than expected ratings," Boyce told CNNMoney.

Source: CNN May 09, 2018 21:45 UTC