CNN drops out of Apple News, for now

CNN has pulled its articles from Apple News, terminating its content-sharing partnership with the platform, according to a Sunday report from Semafor.
The companies are currently in talks over a new agreement that would bring CNN content back to Apple News, the report added.
Max Tani for Semafor:
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CNN quietly removed its stories from Apple News over the weekend, ending the cable news brand’s contract to share its content on the popular news app, Semafor has learned. The two companies are continuing to discuss a new deal that would restore CNN’s stories to Apple News.
As social media platforms have leaned away from filling users’ feeds with links to written content, Apple News and its paid counterpart, Apple News+, have become increasingly important distribution and monetization levers for news publishers. Apple News drives millions of views and impressions a month to many news organizations, while participation in Apple News+, which offers users content from hundreds of paywalled publications for about $10 a month, has yielded millions in annual revenue for publishers.
For CNN, the hardball tactics with Apple reflect the company’s increasing push for digital monetization, and more aggressive posture towards sharing its content with tech platforms. CNN rolled out a new paid subscription offering earlier this month, and has been putting more of its reported stories behind a paywall.

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MacDailyNews Take: No big loss for Apple News.
Let’s check out CNN’s “leverage” in these negotiations with Apple::
U.S. Cable News, Nielsen, week of November 10, 2025:
Prime Time Average Total Viewers
• Fox News: 2,223,000
• MSNBC: 966,000
• CNN: 572,000
Total Day Average Total Viewers
• Fox News: 1,460,000
• MSNBC: 624,000
• CNN: 444,000

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