Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic CNN plans to roll out a \u201csuite\u201d of digital subscription services as part of a wide-ranging overhaul aimed at arresting the decline of a traditional TV business facing new pressure as Donald Trump\u2019s administration takes aim at media outlets it perceives as unfriendly.\u00a0Mark Thompson, who was appointed chief executive 18 months ago to turn CNN around, told the Financial Times the media group would debut at least one streaming product this year, with one or more expected in 2026.\u00a0Thompson hopes to build a digital subscription business at CNN that will generate more than $1bn in annual revenue by 2030. CNN made $1.7bn in operating revenue last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence estimates.CNN\u2019s parent company Warner Bros Discovery has given Thompson more than $70mn to execute his turnaround at the TV channel, which has seen little of the \u201cTrump bump\u201d experienced by rivals such as Fox News.Thompson described the launch this year as a \u201cnon-news digital product, though it might be heavy in information\u201d, initially in the US before taking it to customers around the world. The service is expected to have more features and lifestyle content.\u201cWe\u2019re beginning to build out a suite of digital products, principally with a subscription thesis,\u201d he said, adding that attempts to introduce a paywall for some of CNN\u2019s online content were ahead of target while still being \u201cearly days\u201d.\u201cI don\u2019t think this stuff is easy. Our entire industry is going through a revolution. The landscape is continuing to go through the stresses and strains of an enormous disruption of audiences and of the media generally.\u201dLaunched in 1980, CNN was America\u2019s first 24-hour TV news channel and quickly became hugely popular. But the traditional cable business is now under threat as people turn to digital options.\u00a0\u201cWe want to find a range of ways of meeting different audience needs and demands. And I\u2019m a firm believer that portfolios have a number of quite powerful advantages, that you can maximise the way you meet people\u2019s needs in a more precise way,\u201d Thompson said in CNN\u2019s New York office.\u201cWe\u2019ve got some quite interesting ideas about things which are not conventional television, but which will be part of the offer as well as the core news.\u201dThompson was previously chief executive of The New York Times, where he also helped oversee a digital transformation, building a subscription business based on news, cooking and games that has improved the newspaper\u2019s fortunes. CNN insiders expect him to use a similar playbook, with a range of services for subscribers outside core news in lifestyle and entertainment.CNN has already added a pay wall to some stories on its website last year. Thompson said it was \u201cearly days\u201d to judge the success of the move but that the \u201cmodel is growing ahead of the plan\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009we\u2019re learning from our subscribers about patterns of consumption. That\u2019s step one\u201d.A previous iteration of a subscription streaming service CNN+ was quickly killed off when WarnerMedia merged with Discovery in 2022.CNN\u2019s total viewers in the US shrank by about 8 per cent in the first three months of the year despite the fire hose of news generated by Trump\u2019s return to the White House, while right-leaning rival Fox jumped 48 per cent, according to Nielsen figures.I ultimately believe that standing for a global news broadcast is a competitive advantageCNN insiders say its audiences have been hit by some Democrat viewers switching away from news altogether. Thompson has told staff CNN\u2019s share of the cable audience has increased compared with 10 and 20 years ago, but that the \u201cpie\u201d overall is getting smaller for linear cable television as more viewers switch to digital alternatives.Thompson told the FT that it \u201ctells you a bit about the commentary about news in this country, that standard for objective news is sometimes seen as a strategic weakness\u201d.He added: \u201cI ultimately believe that standing for a global news broadcast is a competitive advantage, not always a tactical advantage in a given moment in time.\u201dSince taking office Trump has repeatedly attacked media outlets including CNN. In a recent speech he accused the broadcaster, along with MSNBC, of writing \u201c97.6 per cent bad about me\u201d and of being a \u201cpolitical arm of the Democratic party\u201d, adding that \u201cin my opinion, they\u2019re really corrupt and they\u2019re illegal\u201d.The White House has taken a number of actions seen as part of a war on independent media, including controlling access to its press room. It has restricted the Associated Press from access to the Oval Office and Air Force One after the wire agency refused to use the name \u201cGulf of America\u201d instead of Gulf of Mexico.\u00a0Journalists at Voice of America have been put on administrative leave after Trump shut the US Agency for Global Media.Thompson said he \u201cstrongly\u201d believed that AP should be allowed to continue to report \u201cextensively and as a valuable partner\u201d, and that \u201ca self-organising pool of people covering Washington DC, and entities like the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association, are genuinely useful in co-ordinating coverage\u201d.He said CNN\u2019s job was \u201cto report on the government of the day in whichever country it is\u201d in a way that \u201cis accurate, is fair-minded, doesn\u2019t labour under its own prejudices or biases, and doesn\u2019t shy [away] from holding power to account\u201d.However, he added, \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t slip into the idea that part of our job is to oppose political forces as such. Our job is to cover the political contest, rather than to head into the ring and start throwing punches ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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