A CNN/CBS News independent editorial board is a PR gesture that David Ellison will inevitably circumvent, like Rupert Murdoch after he bought The Times and WSJ (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A CNN/CBS News independent editorial board is a PR gesture that David Ellison will inevitably circumvent, like Rupert Murdoch after he bought The Times and WSJ — Eighteen months ago, David Ellison was mostly known as an ATM for Hollywood producers seeking to pencil out budgets …