1. Christopher Andrew Licht was born on October 22,1971 and is an American television newsman and producer.
10 Facts About Chris Licht
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Chris Licht is best known as the showrunner and executive producer of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, as well as CBS's executive vice president of special programming.
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Chris Licht is known for having launched Morning Joe on MSNBC, and the reboot of CBS This Morning.
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Chris Licht graduated from Syracuse University's S I Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and political science.
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Chris Licht worked with local NBC affiliates in LA and San Francisco markets.
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Chris Licht joined CBS in 2011 and was named vice president of programming at CBS News.
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Chris Licht was the executive producer of CBS This Morning starting when the show launched in 2012, and later joined The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2016.
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Chris Licht has expressed a desire to change negative perceptions of CNN among Republicans.
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In late 2022, Chris Licht received criticism as CNN terminated the contracts of several long-time correspondents including Brian Stelter, John Harwood, and Jeffrey Toobin.
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Chris Licht was fired as CNN's president and CEO in June 2023 after The Atlantic revealed that employees had become unhappy with him over actions taken during his tenure.