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Entries by Reese Schonfeld from 05/2012

For CNN, April Is the Cruelest Month Again

| Posted 05.01.2012 | Media
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CNN ought to do whatever it can to cut April out of the calendar. Last year was bad enough, but this year CNN's audience shrunk by 21% over the total day and 16% in primetime.

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LBJ, Two Stories

| Posted 05.08.2012 | Politics
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It would be a colossal bit of hubris to suggest that Robert Caro needs any help from me in researching Lyndon Johnson's presidency from 1964-68, but I have two good stories about that period, and I'd like to get them on Huffington before the book comes out.

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Can CNN Compete With Headline News?

| Posted 05.22.2012 | Media
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I launched both CNN and Headline News, and I never believed the days would come when more people watched our tabloid version rather than what was supposed to be the quality product.

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