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CNN boss Mark Thompson confirms 200 layoffs across cable TV network in digital push

CNN boss Mark Thompson on Thursday revealed sweeping changes at the embattled network that include 200 job cuts and a pivot to a more digital-centric strategy, the company said. The layoffs at the Warner Bros Discovery-owned network will amount to 6% of CNN’s workforce – mainly producers, editors and other non-air talent vital to the TV operation.

LA Times on MSN · 6h

CNN hit with significant layoffs as network sets a plan for a digital future

Cable cord-cutting and a decline in revenue led to a significant workforce reduction at the Warner Bros. Discovery unit while new employees are hired for digital efforts.

Business Insider on MSN · 7h

CNN is cutting hundreds of TV jobs in a digital pivot. Read the memo CEO Mark Thompson sent to staff.

CEO Mark Thompson told staff the moves aimed to better serve audiences and "secure CNN's future as one of the world's greatest news organizations."

CNN to lay off 'hundreds' of staffers

U.S. News & World Report · 23h

CNN to Lay off Hundreds of Employees, CNBC Reports

CNN, a unit of Warner Bros Discovery, plans to lay off hundreds of employees this week, as it refocuses the business around a global digital audience, CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

New York Post on MSN · 22h

CNN plans to lay off hundreds of employees, cut costs; NBC plots firings

The job cuts come as CNN looks to rearrange its linear TV lineup and building out digital subscription products.

Variety on MSN · 21h

CNN Expected to Unveil Significant Layoffs

CNN is expected to unveil significant staffing cuts as soon as Thursday, according to three people familiar with the matter, as CEO Mark Thompson continues to plot a new emphasis on digital content. A CNN spokesperson could not be reached for immediate comment.

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CNN Boss Warns Star Hosts to Avoid Trashing Trump’s Record

CNN journalists avoided mentioning the most sordid elements of President Donald Trump’s past—including his felony conviction ...

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Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper Speechless After Boss Sets CNN’s New Standard for Trump Coverage: Report

Can CNN rescue itself from ruin during President Donald Trump's second term? CEO Mark Thompson hopes so. The Daily Beast reported on Wednesday that the network had an editorial meeting Sunday ahead of ...

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CNN boss Mark Thompson told Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper and 100 other journalists not to ‘express outrage’ during Trump inauguration: report

CNN boss Mark Thompson urged CNN staffers to focus on Trump's second term and to be "open-minded" about the next four years, ...

CNN in turmoil as anti-Trump star Jim Acosta 'threatens to quit' over midnight slot move

Jim Acosta has lost his prized 10am show to Wolf Blitzer - and is now said to be considering his future at CNN.

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CNN's Jim Acosta 'getting hosed' as network mulls moving anti-Trump anchor to midnights, sources say

Sources tell Fox News Digital that CNN star Jim Acosta is "getting hosed" as network boss Mark Thompson urged the anti-Trump ...

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Jim Acosta ‘may exit’ CNN rather than accept move to graveyard shift: report

Mark Thompson, the CNN top boss, announced a lineup reshuffle that will see Wolf Blitzer move his “Situation Room” program to the mornings.

Stunning warning CNN boss gave to stars the day before Trump inauguration

In an editorial meeting attended by the network's biggest names, Mark Thompson urged the journalists to keep their biases to ...

Former Biden comms director slams ex-president’s last-second pardons: ‘Disappointing move’

Former Biden White House official Kate Bedingfield criticized the last-minute pardons that President Biden granted just ...

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CNN to shift Wolf Blitzer to mornings in massive shakeup at embattled network: report

Thompson, the former BBC and New York Times head honcho who was brought in by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav to ...

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