WHAC reports on some of the stats in the fallout from the Brown departure….

Anyway, getting to the matter at hand, a source has provided WHAC with some interesting #’s concerning the Aaron Brown story. These are as of midnight ET Wednesday:

> as of approx 7:45pm Wednesday there were 115 stories written on AB’s departure, lots of duplications of same facts; also was #1 story on Drudge;

> approx. 5000 calls received by CNN;

> this is the BIGGEST STORY since Bernie Shaw left CNN and AB came in……primary story in every paper Thursday

Another round of articles….

The New York Post’s Don Kaplan…

Industry buzz about shifting Cooper into Brown’s time slot has been building for weeks, but the situation made for some awkward moments after CNN paired the two at 10 p.m. on “NewsNight” about a month ago.

TV industry sources said Brown losing his job at CNN was far from unexpected.

“NewsNight” has long been a ratings drag on the network’s primetime lineup and began to fall on hard times about two years ago, when former CNNer Greta Van Susteren jumped to arch-rival Fox News Channel and began beating Brown in head-to-head competition.

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