What is Jonathan Klein?
'''Jonathan Klein''' was president of [[Cable News Network]] (CNN) for 6 years. He was fired in 2010. He was replaced by Ken Jautz, leader of CNN's sister network, [[CNN Headline News]]. Klein hired Eliot Spitzer as a talk show host. He fired Larry King and replaced him with Piers Morgan.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/jonathan-klein-to-leave-cnn/ | title = Jonathan Klein to leave CNN | date = September 9, 2010 | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | author = Brian Stelter}}</ref> While at CNN, he tried to hire [[Keith Olbermann]] away from NBC's cable news channel MSNBC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/jon-klein-i-dont-regret-p_n_2602098.html |title=Jon Klein: I Don't Regret Piers Morgan Hire, Keith Olbermann Could Have Helped CNN (VIDEO) |author=Danny Shea|date=1 February 2013 |website= |publisher=The Huffington Post |accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> CNN exceutive Jim Walton did not want that, and it did not happen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/news/media/68717/ |title=Chasing Fox |author=Gabriel Sherman |date=3 October 2010 |website= |publisher= New York Media LLC |accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Jon}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:CNN people]] [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:American chief executives]] [[Category:Journalists from New York (state)]] {{Biography-stub}}