Incoming CNN president says he’s quitting Twitter

Chris Licht, CNN’s incoming president, introduced on Monday he’s logging off Twitter forever once he begins his new gig.

“May 2 will be my first formal working day in the workplace at CNN & my last day on Twitter,” Licht stated in a Twitter submit. “Twitter can be a excellent journalistic instrument, but it can also skew what’s definitely crucial in the globe. I’m logging off & seeking ahead to working with the unbelievable team at CNN.”

Licht did not mention any new guidance for workforce at CNN relative to social media use or supply any extra facts encompassing his selection.

A former government producer for “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert” and visionary driving the launch of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Licht was tapped by Discovery, which not long ago acquired CNN’s mum or dad organization WarnerMedia, to provide as the network’s new president beginning subsequent month.

Licht fills a top rated media occupation vacated by previous President Jeff Zucker earlier this calendar year soon after Zucker was forced to resign pursuing an ethics and personal perform scandal.

Licht’s decision to get off Twitter comes as media companies throughout the entire world appear to far better link with audiences and escape the revolving door of outrage and partisanship that frequently will come with just about every passing information cycle.

The New York Instances previously this thirty day period declared new assistance for its reporters clarifying that utilization of social media, and Twitter specially, was optional and pledged to perform to greater assistance journalists who find by themselves on the receiving close of threats and harassment.

As at other networks big and smaller, numerous of CNN’s leading anchors, reporters, pundits and other talent are regularly lively on Twitter, participating with viewers and viewers and pushing back again on criticism of the network or their get the job done.