Allison Gollust

Allison Gollust (born October 2, 1972) is an American media executive. She worked as an executive vice president and the chief marketing officer of CNN Worldwide until February 2022. Gollust was director of communications for Andrew Cuomo from October 2012 to March 2013.

Career Gollust worked as a news anchor, reporter, and producer in Denver, Colorado. In 1997, she became a senior publicist for the Today show. Gollust later led communications for MSNBC, NBC News, CNBC, and The Weather Channel.

In October 2012, New York governor Andrew Cuomo named Gollust as his communications director, replacing Richard Bamberger. In February 2022, Gollust resigned from CNN after a probe found she had violated company policies.

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Gollust was the executive vice-president and chief marketing officer at CNN. On February 3, 2022, Rolling Stone, citing an anonymous source, reported that Gollust and Zucker advised governor Andrew Cuomo on how to respond to Donald Trump's criticisms of Cuomo. This appeared to breach journalistic ethics. On February 15, 2022, Jason Kilar, the CEO of CNN parent company WarnerMedia, stated in a memo that Gollust resigned from CNN after a WarnerMedia commissioned investigation "performed by a third-party law firm and led by a former federal judge" found that she violated "Company policies, including CNN’s News Standards and Practices." The investigation was "commissioned in September" and concluded the weekend before she resigned. It is believed by many people that their controversial relationship began as an extramarital affair.