Brian Stelter (CNN) says it's 'too early to know' if CNN+ 'was a success or a failure'

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Brian Stelter, CNN's chief media correspondent, claimed Friday that it is "too early to know" if CNN+ "was a success or failure," following the announcement that CNN's streaming service will be shutting down at the end of April.

"It's too early to know if this product or this service was a success or a failure. You've got all the haters today saying this thing was a failure," Stelter tried to reason on-air. "I don't know if we can even ever assess that because it just simply didn't have enough time because of the management's change in direction. And at the end of the day, if you buy ... a giant media company, you get to do whatever you want with it. But it does mean there's a lot of suffering for employees — and frankly, disappointment among subscribers as a result."

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