Los Angeles Times
Campbell Brown felt a mounting sense of futility as average viewership for her prime-time CNN show sank to around 500,000 this year.
“I was watching the ratings in conjunction with trying to balance my family life, and I was really struggling to do it successfully,” the anchor, who has two young sons, said last week.
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So several months ago, Brown took an unusual step and asked CNN to be released from her contract. She announced her decision this month, releasing a strikingly candid statement saying CNN needed to try something else at 8 p.m. Eastern time. More…