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The timing seemed propitious: Eager to entice new subscribers, CNN+ had just unfurled a multi-part exposé of Fox News and its 91-year-old patriarch, Rupert Murdoch. It would be juicy material for the new streaming platform, with newsies on the left hammering their rivals on the right. How could it fail? It did. Upon…

UPDATED, with comment from Chris Wallace and Kasie Hunt: CNN+ is on its way out, but the new leadership at Warner Bros Discovery has given every indication that there could still be a future for some of its programming. Much of the speculation has centered on the future of the highest-profile hire for the streaming…

Roku has added CNN+ to its channel store, filling a significant distribution gap for the stand-alone streaming service two weeks after its launch. Beginning today, Roku users can download the updated version of the CNN app, which includes access to CNN+ as well as the existing TV Everywhere offering for pay-TV…

The long awaited, heavily promoted CNN+ debuts on Tuesday, with a lineup of live and on-demand programming and, in the media world, a dose of doubts. Among them: Rivals already have staked their space in the streaming universe. The subscription streaming service needs more must-have programming to lure customers…

Chris Wallace spent nearly two decades at Fox News before shifting to the new streaming service, CNN+. In an interview with the New York Times on Sunday, Wallace gave what is believed to be his first public statements on the reason he left his longtime media home. Wallace claimed Fox News shifted in the months…

CNN will launch its new subscription streaming service on March 29. The CNN+ service will be available for $5.99 per month, but early subscribers will get a 50% lifetime discount if they sign on in the first four weeks. This won’t be CNN’s first venture into a separate online network, but it is their most expensive…

UPDATE, 6:32 AM PT: CNN+ will be available for $2.99 per month for those who subscribe within the first four weeks of launch, in what the network called a “deal of a lifetime.” Otherwise, subscriptions will be $5.99 per month. The price point has been highly anticipated as CNN’s subscription streaming service prepares…

Rex Chapman, the former NBA player whose popular Twitter page has 1.1 million followers, is joining CNN as a host for CNN+, the network announced today. CNN’s new subscription streaming service is set to launch in the spring. Chapman’s show will be available at the service’s launch. In its announcement about Chapman…

Comcast and WarnerMedia have renewed their carriage deal covering major cable networks like TBS and TNT and also added Xfinity distribution for streaming outlet CNN+. The companies said the multi-year deal includes linear carriage of TBS, TNT, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TCM, truTV, HLN and CNN en Español as…

CNN+ has set Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico, an original docuseries slated to launch in 2022. A new iteration of CNN’s popular Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy., the six-part series will follow Longoria as she travels across Mexico exploring the country’s cuisine. The streamer’s announcement teases that the…

CNN has made it official, announcing that NBC News and MSNBC vet Kasie Hunt is joining the WarnerMedia news network as anchor and chief national affairs analyst. Hunt is also the first official anchor for CNN+, the streaming service launching in the first quarter of 2022. She will host a daily politics-themed show on…

After teasing the plan in recent months, CNN has confirmed it will launch stand-alone streaming service CNN+ in the first quarter of 2022. When parent WarnerMedia was ramping up HBO Max to launch last spring, management had indicated a plan to include a live news element on the platform. Over time, though, the…