Cesar’s NBC Shakeup & CNN Deck Chairs

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Good evening, I’m Dylan Byers.

Welcome back to In The Room, my biweekly private email on the inner workings of the American media industry. Tonight, we go inside the halls of 30 Rock to get the real story behind a leadership shakeup at NBC News, and what it portends for the future of the business. Plus, some news and notes on Chris Licht’s new dayside schedule.

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Hail, Cesar!

Here’s the real story that was buried in today’s big news about Oppenheim’s departure and Blumenstein’s ascent: Cesar Conde is consolidating power. Plus, Licht’s dayside moves.

DYLAN BYERS

When NBC News Group Chairman Cesar Conde talks about the future of his business, he invariably comes back to the word omnichannel, the sort of corporate jargon that distinguishes him, a Harvard-and-Wharton-trained operator, from his predecessors, like Steve Capus and Neal Shapiro and Andy Lack, all of whom identified as journalists or at least media executives with journalistic chops. Conde, for his part, leans into his McKinsey pedigree: he sits on blue chip corporate boards (Walmart, Pepsi, etcetera), talks like a C.E.O., and seems to view himself as an executive in charge during transformational times, when big decisions need to be made...

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