Dish Network could drop CNN from lineup for good

Dish Network is prepared to permanently unplug a pillar of cable television — CNN, the pioneering 24-hour news network whose fortunes have faded, according to the Los Angeles Times.

"Twenty years ago, CNN was a must-have channel, but it's not a top 10 network anymore ... unless they find the plane, the Malaysian plane," Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said on a conference call, making a jab at CNN's seemingly round-the-clock coverage last spring of missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.

The decision could come amid a disput with Turner Broadcasting. Dish's 14 million subscribers haven't been able to watch CNN, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies because of a contract dispute.

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