You miss only one being… For the American media of information, the departure of Donald Trump from the White House had the effect of a brutal awakening.
CNN, Time Warner's 24-hour news channel, is no exception.
Its audience in February fell by more than 40%.
However, Mike McCarthy, CEO of CNN International puts it into perspective:
“In November, December 2020 and January 2021, we reached historic audiences due to the intense news around the US election and the attack on the Capitol.
In November, CNN was the number one cable channel in the United States targeting 25-54 year olds, ahead of Fox News and MSNBC. ”
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After a record year in 2020, CNN audiences certainly fell in February 2021, but they remain 39% higher than in February 2020 and the Time Warner group channel has resumed its leadership, because in a year, the audiences of Fox News fell 38%.
"No one can deny that Trump was an interesting subject,"
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