Andrew Cuomo is even more well-connected at CNN than most people think. While many suspect CNN is giving him a pass due to his brother being a top primetime host on the network, there may be another explanation.
Allison Gollust, a CNN executive and top lieutenant to Jeff Zucker, served as Cuomo’s communications director before becoming executive vice president of the network.
Additionally, Gollust has reportedly risen to be the leading candidate to replace outgoing Jeff Zucker as the global president, according to an NBC News article from earlier this year.
Gollust, who is being considered for the role by the leadership of CNN’s parent company AT&T has been Zucker’s closest lieutenant for decades, yet also briefly left to serve as Andrew Cuomo’s Communications Director, before returning to work for Zucker.
Sources at CNN familiar with the matter say she’s been involved in every major decision Zucker has made-- excerpt, rest at link above --
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