Amid the crisis, CNN Brasil closed its radio division and encouraged a new wave of layoffs

a CNN Brazil On Friday the 15th of this month, the radio department was closed. In an internal statement, the news channel’s management announced the end of the partnership with the Transamérica Radio Network, which began in October 2020, and which included four hours of journalistic content daily on FM. About 20 professionals were laid off.

Nicole Fusco, one of the project’s anchors, is on leave and is expected to be terminated by the company once she returns from her leave. Internally, the project called CNN Radio It was considered the last vestige of the Douglas Tavolaro administration.

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Tavolaro, former vice president of journalism at Record, was primarily responsible for implementation CNN Brazil In 2020. A year later, he left the company due to a dispute with his partner, businessman Rubens Minnen.

Currently, the CEO is dedicated to launching the Brazilian version of MSNBC, after working on a television journalism project based on artificial intelligence.

the end of CNN Radio This comes after an internal restructuring process that led to the dismissal of more than 120 employees in just one day, including famous professionals such as Mona Lisa Pieroni, Boris Kasoy and Gloria Vanek.

CNN Brasil says it will focus investments in TV and the Internet

In internal communications about the end of the process, management CNN Brazil He explained that its expansion strategy remains steady, with increased investment in digital platforms and television, as well as strengthening the pillars of relevance and balance in journalism.

And in his last months CNN Radio It saw its priority gradually diminish. The daily broadcast hours were reduced from six hours, originally from 6 a.m. to 12 noon, to four, from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., with the first hour also being shown on television, as CNN Morning.

Journalists initially hired for the project, such as presenters Sidney Rezende and Roberto Nonato, who worked at Globo, have had their contracts terminated. Rezende was dismissed in December 2022, while Nonato was dismissed in August of this year. Stefano Lemana, who presented CNN Morning Along with Nicole Fusco, they will be reassigned to television reporting.

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