CNN Loses Lou Dobbs In Another Blow to Net.

Multichannel News, June, 1999 by MOSS, LINDA

Kim, Hank Taking its second blow during the past year, Cable News Network has now lost Lou Dobbs, one of its marquee talents and the executive who pushed for CNNfn's transformation into a 24-hour-per-day service, which is slated for this fall. In a turn that surprised his staffers, Dobbs abruptly tendered his resignation from CNN last Tuesday to launch a new Internet venture, Space.com, a Web site for news, entertainment and educational content about space.

Dobbs, CNNfn's president and a CNN executive vice president, was CNN's No. 2 talent behind Larry King. His flagship show, Moneyline News Hour with Lou Dobbs, is one of CNN's top five ad-revenue generators, commanding top CPMs (cost per thousand homes). The questions left unanswered last...

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