Daniel Arkin, writing for NBC News, has one of the hundreds of stories about the firing of CNN CEO Chris Licht.

When Licht took over CNN, he sought to differentiate himself from Zucker, who had publicly clashed with former President Donald Trump. Licht, reportedly following a mandate from Zaslav, attempted to move the news brand to the political center and make it more palatable to both conservative viewers and GOP newsmakers.

He also rolled out a new morning program co-anchored by Don Lemon, who was fired in April after Variety published an article detailing allegations that he had mistreated female colleagues. Lemon, who also faced backlash for on-air comments suggesting GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley was not “in her prime” because she is in her 50s, denied the allegations. …

He was harshly criticized by pundits for hosting a live town hall event with Trump on May 10. In response, commentators faulted Licht for having given the Republican front-runner a platform to make baseless claims about 2020 voter fraud and other issues in front of a crowd of staunch Republicans. The New York Times headline: “Trump’s Falsehoods and Bluster Overtake CNN Town Hall.”

The negative assessments reached a fever pitch on Friday after The Atlantic published a 15,000-word article titled “Inside the Meltdown at CNN.” Tim Alberta, a reporter who had shadowed Licht for months (including during a personal training session), detailed the executive’s fixation on his own press coverage and quoted him mocking CNN journalists’ coverage of the pandemic. …

The Atlantic article circulated widely on social media in the days that followed, and high-profile media observers — including Brian Stelter, a former CNN journalist who was fired last year — publicly speculated that Licht might not be long for the job.

Good riddance. Who else is next?