Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
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Re: Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
#2Of course people aren't paying $6 a month for news, they really mis-calculated the audience for this. People who watch CNN already subscribe to cable (Traditional or OTT) It should've always just been an add on or included in HBO max for free to add additional value to that streaming platform. It's not too late, they could easily integrate it with HBO max to offer live news to all who subscribe.
Re: Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
#3I used to really like CNN back in like 2010. Over the years its just become worse and worse to the point I don't read it anymore. It's basically turned into gossip news and is constantly skewing reality in favor of profits.
I'm over it, and I think most other people are as well.
Re: Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
#4First I've heard of it, and I spend a fair amount of time watching news, mostly PBS, SkyNews, and AlJazeera. All of which I can see on my Roku without spending any money.
Feels like they missed something in their marketing plan. I may have seen the little + there when skimming cnn.com at some point, but didn't understand it was some new product.
But, as mentioned in the first paragraph, I don't have a strong need for a paid product at the moment anyway.
Edit: Probably doesn't help that Google doesn't know what it is either...[search for cnn+] -> "Showing results for CNN -> Search instead for CNN+" -> "Did you mean: CNN?"
Re: Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
#5I didn't ever understand the value proposition here. I already get CNN thru YTTT. Or I can go to CNN.com for more choices. Why do I need to pay $$ for a different CNN source?
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#6I used to really like CNN back in like 2010. Over the years its just become worse and worse to the point I don't read it anymore. It's basically turned into gossip news and is constantly skewing reality in favor of profits. I'm over it, and I think most other people are as well.
Anecdotally yeah. Agree.
To me cnn is the exact same garbage as fox.
Just leftist instead of rightist.
I never click on any links to either media.
Actually I used to line the guardian but in the past two years the quality of their reporting also just went alarmist and hyperbolic.
In some cases blatantly inaccurate.
Looking for a good news source currenty that arent afraid of critizicing any political party and their actions.
Re: Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
#7Of course people aren't paying $6 a month for news, they really mis-calculated the audience for this. People who watch CNN already subscribe to cable (Traditional or OTT) It should've always just been an add on or included in HBO max for free to add additional value to that streaming platform. It's not too late, they could easily integrate it with HBO max to offer live news to all who subscribe.
My take on this was it was just a clone of the Fox News pay service. The CNN one would just be from a left-leaning perspective or some such. I bet if they market it better, it will do OK.
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#8I used to really like CNN back in like 2010. Over the years its just become worse and worse to the point I don't read it anymore. It's basically turned into gossip news and is constantly skewing reality in favor of profits. I'm over it, and I think most other people are as well.
The rise of the internet has not been kind to general purpose journalism. To stay alive news businesses are essentially required to cover specific things in specific ways which maximize capturing people's attention.
Re: Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
#9I didn't ever understand the value proposition here. I already get CNN thru YTTT. Or I can go to CNN.com for more choices. Why do I need to pay $$ for a different CNN source?
There's not even a single area on https://plus.cnn.com that would answer your question either. It doesn't even tell you it's not free, or have a pricing page either. You apparently would have to sign up for an account to see the pricing.
Edit: Ah, so if you try to click play on a video, it offers just a little info "Plans start at $2.99/month for a limited time only"
Re: Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
#10I used to really like CNN back in like 2010. Over the years its just become worse and worse to the point I don't read it anymore. It's basically turned into gossip news and is constantly skewing reality in favor of profits. I'm over it, and I think most other people are as well.
I haven't watched CNN via TV for years, mostly because i cut the "normal TV" cord years ago. Although back when i did have regular and cable TV, i actually liked it the best as far as Tv News was concerned. For several years now, i have simply subscribed to their daily "5 Things" email newsletter...which aims to give a brief top 5 things one should know. It started out amazing; helping me get the gist for top headliones all while being really short and succinct. Over the years, the amount of content in each daily issue has grown both in content and ads, which i can understand becuase they are still a for-profit business after all...and it is still brief enough for me to skim through every morning. Oh, and its free, so while it does ppiont links to their cnn.com website (which is a different awful beast of advertising hell), i feel that its worth it...and in fact, sort of the kind of reason why i liklely would never subsrcibe to this CNN+ type of subcription.