“It will be a difficult time for everyone,” CNN CEO Chris Licht told staff in an email Wednesday.
Cable news giant CNN will be hit by layoffs Wednesday and Thursday, part of continued cost-cutting by parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, which is trying to integrate the legacy WarnerMedia businesses (like CNN) and the Discovery businesses.
In a memo Wednesday morning, CNN CEO Chris Licht wrote that the channel will inform paid contributors Wednesday as part of a new reporting strategy, with full time employees being informed of their status on Thursday.
“It will be a difficult time for everyone,” Licht wrote.
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