Various news sources are reporting that CNN President Jeff Zucker has resigned, effective immediately. The reason given, a previously undisclosed romantic relationship with his “closest colleague.”
Most U.S. sources aren’t reporting that colleague’s identity, but The U.S. Sun has this:
The woman in question was Allison Gollust, CNN's executive vice president and chief marketing officer. She is said to be remaining at CNN.
The Sun adds, somewhat cattily, that both Zucker and Gollust are divorced. In recent years the cable network Ted Turner founded has fallen on hard times, having lost its airport monopoly and lagging far behind competitors MSNBC and FoxNews in viewers.
Later: Another website suggests the Zucker/Gollust affair was the reason they both divorced, which timeline puts a different spin on the story.
Even later: The New York Post calls the long-running Zucker/Gollust affair “the worst kept secret in TV.”
