When a pair of them caught a glimpse of Licht's phone, they could see that he was reading a critical story about him in Puck.'Ī clear-the-air town hall where he gets irritated with the CNN journalist interviewing him. 'It became so awkward that guests began texting one another, wondering if there was some crisis unfolding with an international bureau. Licht trashing his CNN colleagues for the way they reported on COVID.Ī Christmas party in DC where Licht refused to socialize with colleagues and instead stared at his phone the whole time. Other ugly moments from the story include: It leaves you wondering if Licht actually has a vision or has been handed one by his bosses. The whole story portrays Licht as someone who is more obsessed with his predecessor and the way he ran the company than someone with a good or even well-articulated plan for how to lead CNN into the future. But why did Licht have a reporter with him at the gym? And maybe the joke is a telling one? Maybe it was unfair of Alberta to include it. For those who don't know, Jeff Zucker was Licht's predecessor at CNN. 'Zucker couldn't do this shit,' Licht said through clenched teeth, hoisting the pole with a grunt. At Maysonet's instruction, he squatted down to grab a long metal pole lying flat on the ground.

On this morning, in March 2023, the CNN boss was down to 178 pounds. ('I'm a fucking machine,' Licht told me one day, when I asked why he was skipping a meal.) He also found Maysonet, whose gym, J Train, caters to New York's elite-actors, athletes, business tycoons. Worried that he was losing control of his lifestyle, he went all in. Three years ago, Licht weighed 226 pounds. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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