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| Jeff Zucker |
The LATimes reports the 53-year-old Zucker told staff of the impending medical leave on Thursday..
“He assured everyone he is going to be just fine,” CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter wrote on Twitter following the network’s morning meeting.
Michael Bass, executive vice president of programming for CNN, will oversee editorial operations in Zucker’s absence.
He chose to have the procedure now because August is typically a slower news month.
Zucker has been the driving executive force behind CNN since he took over the cable news operation in 2013. His hands-on leadership style has made him well-liked among the journalists there.
CNN, a unit of WarnerMedia (the former Time Warner), has topped $1 billion in profit in each of the last two years, thanks in large part to surging viewership during the political rise of President Trump.
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