“It Will Be Very Soon”: With CNN Beating Fox, Jeff Zucker Is Close to Revealing If He’ll Go Out on Top—Or Keep Riding the Ratings Wave

After pushing back against pandemic-related cuts and outlasting Trump, Zucker enjoys broad newsroom support at a network that “has never been defined by its leader like it is right now,” says one employee. “It’s like Roger Ailes without the sexual abuse and hush money.”