On Monday evening, Andrew Morse, the executive in charge of CNN+, offered some remarks at a launch party in Hudson Yards attended by top talent from the network and its about-to-debut streaming product. It was a refreshing moment amid a bewildering season beset by Omicron, Cuomo, Zucker, and a clandestine search for his successor, which ultimately led to the hiring of Chris Licht. Morse, who had been considered a contender for the top job on CNN’s greasy pole, did not betray any signs of frustration, angst, or even anxiety. Instead, he sounded like the model low-key, HBR-imbibing leader of the David Zaslav era. “This is the right time to launch CNN+,” Morse said. “We know the media landscape is changing quickly, and so is the way people are consuming news. In order for us to ensure our journalism remains as essential to the world for the next 42 years as it’s been for the last, we must always continue to push ourselves and to innovate.”