New CNN boss urges 'swagger' in memo to staff, bemoans 'old-fashioned and unadventurous feel' to programming, website

CNN’s new chief executive says the company needs to recapture the “swagger and innovation” of its early days — and that, he says, increasingly means embracing a future outside of television. Mark Thompson, appointed CNN’s chief executive last fall after stints at The New York Times and BBC,…

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