Time to rename CNN Atlanta headquarters!
All the anchors are moving from Atlanta to New York, to be near boss and decision maker Jeff Zucker, sources tell us.
Weekday anchors Brooke Baldwin and Carol Costello are headed to New York and start in August, which means CNN will no longer have any live programming coming from its supposed “headquarters” in Atlanta.
A source said, “Even though half its employees work there, there’s no key talent left.”
The teams in Atlanta are desperate to find new formats to impress the top brass. The source told us, “We are feverishly trying to come up with something that Jeff likes. Every time we present something, he hates it. Secondly, we can’t find talent who wants to come to CNN. No one wants to come because we scrap things after a year. Every talent agency we contact can’t get us anyone . . . Even talent from larger local markets refuse to come here, because they are afraid.” Meanwhile, the source added, “Don Lemon is gunning for a prime-time spot, but Zucker isn’t sold.”