Oliver Darcy: “Early Wednesday evening, shortly before I published news of CNN’s looming lineup changes, Jim Acosta received a peculiar telephone call from CNN chief Mark Thompson. Thompson, I’m told, delivered the veteran journalist a sudden and strange proposal: Move your show to midnight and anchor it until 2am ET…” “Of course, it’s impossible to ignore the obvious: Sidelining Acosta would also work to curry favor with Donald Trump, who very …

Political Wire

New York

United States

CNN Sidelines Jim Acosta

‘They want to get rid of Acosta to throw a bone to Trump,’ one media exeucitve said of the proposed move, adding that ‘midnight is not a serious offer’

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The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

London

Greater London

England

United Kingdom

CNN looking to bury Jim Acosta in graveyard shift to ‘throw a bone to Trump’

CNN is apparently plotting to exile anchor Jim Acosta -- a longtime antagonist of President-elect Donald Trump -- to the "Siberia of television news" in a bid to "throw a bone" to the incoming commander-in-chief, according to a new report.

New York Post

Murdoch family

CNN wants to exile Jim Acosta’s show to the ‘Siberia of television news’ to stop him annoying Trump

One industry insider said: "Sidelining Acosta would also work to curry favor with Donald Trump, who very much despises the CNN anchor."

Newsweek

IBT Media

Is Jim Acosta losing CNN prime time show? What we know

CNN is set to banish longtime anchor and former White House correspondent Jim Acosta to the “Siberia of television news,” according to a report from a former colleague. Acosta, known to conservatives as an annoyance to President-elect Donald Trump, will see his program CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta moved from 10 a.m. to midnight, ex-CNN senior media reporter Oliver Darcy said. “The move would effectively exile Acosta to the Siberia of television …

Washington Examiner

Philip Anschutz

Washington

District of Columbia

CNN to banish Acosta to 'Siberia' of news: Report

Depending on who you ask, CNN anchor Jim Acosta is getting a chance to speak to a much broader audience with an assignment at a new and non-traditional time slot, or he’s being removed entirely from the usual daily discussion around the news. Executives at CNN have asked Acosta to take a new role, anchoring […]

Variety

Penske Media Corporation

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

California

CNN Could Face Backlash Over Potential Move of Jim Acosta

It was suggested that CNN's move was proposed "to throw a bone to Trump."

HuffPost

Roberts family

Verizon Communications

CNN Reportedly Wants To Banish Its Trump Nemesis Anchor To 'Siberia Of Television News'

CNN has told anchor Jim Acosta that they want to move him from his morning ET slot to midnight ET, a less high profile time period where cable news networks have traditionally run reruns of programming from earlier in the day. Acosta has anchored a 10 am. ET show for almost a year, having moved […]

Deadline

CNN May Move Jim Acosta To Midnight ET Slot, Sparking Concerns Over Timing As Donald Trump Takes Office

Goddard Media LLC

CNN chief Mark Thompson reportedly wants to move Acosta’s show to midnight, when most Americans have already gone to bed.

The Gateway Pundit

Jim Hoft

CNN Plans to Relegate Blowhard Jim Acosta’s Show to Graveyard Slot — Execs Want to ‘Throw Trump a Bone’

RedState

Salem Media Group

CNN’s Jim Acosta Just Got Some Really Bad News Days Before Trump’s Inauguration: Demoted and Exiled?

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