Spies say ousted CNN heavyweights Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust and Don Lemon, plus United Talent Agency super-agent Jay Sures, are all on vacation together on the tiny island enclave of Ponza, off the Italian coast.
Asked what such a cozy retreat — involving three people with axes to grind, and a lot of time on their hands, plus one of the biggest movers-and-shakers in the media biz — might mean, a source speculated bluntly: “They’re working on something.”after 17 years at the news network by former CEO Chris Licht as part of Licht’s failed attempt to revamp the network after he took over from Zucker.
The trip comes amid ongoing rumors that Zucker — who remains much-loved at CNN’s Hudson Yards headquarters, and