Another CNN top executive resigns as WarnerMedia CEO cites ethical lapses

Allison Gollust, who resigned on Tuesday as CNN's chief marketing officer, is shown in this photo from Jan. 3, 2013, in Albany, N.Y.

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CNN’s chief marketing officer resigned Tuesday night as the CEO over the network’s parent company, WarnerMedia, released a memo saying that a formal probe found that she was among three top figures at CNN who had violated its official journalism standards and practices.

Allison Gollust is just the latest to be pulled under in the riptide of scandal that started with the sexual harassment allegations against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, led to questions about the behavior of his brother, the former CNN primetime star Chris Cuomo, and ultimately put the conduct of former CNN President Jeff Zucker under an unwelcome spotlight.

Zucker fired Chris Cuomo, a friend, in December for doing more than he had conceded on behalf of his brother and after a woman said the news anchor had sexually harassed her years ago at ABC News; Zucker was forced out earlier this month when he had acknowledged he had not disclosed a romantic involvement with Gollust, as company policy requires.