The former cable news head just didn’t want his plans revealed because he thought he could get a better deal for the network than he will now.

Jeff Zucker

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What is going on:

Jeff Zucker, the former CNN president, is demanding that Variety magazine retract an article that claimed he was trying to buy CNN.

Zucker’s camp fiercely denied the allegations, considering the portrayal of him as a jilted executive seeking revenge after being fired by CNN before it was bought by Warner Bros Discovery.

Zucker is reportedly more baffled than angry about the story, and his representatives have requested a retraction from Variety’s parent company, Penske Media.

The media executive allegedly approached multiple billionaire investors with a proposal to acquire the cable network. Additionally, there are claims that he engaged in actions to undermine his successor, Chris Licht.

Variety is standing by its journalist and the article.

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