CNN axes flagship streaming service
CNN has pulled the plug on its flagship online streaming service CNN+, less than a month after it was launched to much fanfare.
CNN has pulled the plug on its flagship online streaming service CNN+, less than a month after it was launched to much fanfare. CNBC media & technology reporter Alex Sherman has been covering the story and tells us why the fledgling platform failed. Like many economies which reap huge benefits from tourism, Thailand has struggled with a sharp drop in visitor numbers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is now trying to woo some of those potential visitors again, but rising coronavirus cases are complicating the issue. Ahead of pivotal midterm elections in November, we survey the political landscape in the United States, as President Biden announces a new package of $800 million in military aid for Ukraine. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, says Ukraine needs up to $7 billion per month in the near future, in the wake of Russia’s invasion. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Economics Editor Faisal Islam has been speaking to her, and joins us from Washington DC to talk through the big news lines emanating from the IMF/World Bank 2022 Spring Meetings. Plus, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Victoria Craig has been catching up with some of British food sector businesses to see how they’re coping with the current stage of the pandemic.
Throughout the programme we’re joined live by political reporter Erin Delmore in New York, and Patrick Barta of the Wall Street Journal in Bangkok.
(Photo: A billboard advertising CNN+ in Manhattan; Credit: Getty Images)
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