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CNN has 'tears on the horizon' as Warner Bros. Discovery plots network spinoff, industry insiders say
Warner Bros. Discovery's split will put CNN under new leadership, with forecasts of staff cuts and salary reductions as the network battles historic low ratings.
Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies
Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two separate publicly traded companies – one oriented around the HBO Max streaming ...
Who Is Gunnar Wiedenfels? WBD's Cost-Cutting Finance Exec Picked as CEO of New TV Networks Spin-Off Comprising CNN, TBS, TNT, Discovery+ and More
Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t have a name for its planned stand-alone TV-centric biz, but it does have a proposed CEO: ...
CNN’s Anderson Cooper rakes in $18M annually — as network faces spinoff amid ratings freefall: report
Cooper’s eye-popping salary has become a flashpoint inside CNN as staff brace for layoffs and belt-tightening, according to ...
David Zaslav just threw in the towel on his WBD experiment — and Wall Street is thrilled
Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting up after just over three years, and Wall Street is cheering. The spinoff will create a ...
Amid Cable Spinoffs, Trump’s CNN and MSNBC Hostility Could Raise M&A Hurdles
Trump’s hostility toward the press threatens to complicate dealmaking for those who own news operations, as Paramount has ...
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WBD Split Will Leave Sports Rights With Cable Networks
Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday announced it is splitting its cable networks portfolio from its movie studio and streaming ...
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CNN owner Warner Bros. Discovery plans to break up media empire
Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company to Atlanta-based cable channels such as CNN, TBS and TNT, plans to split into two ...
WBD split: What will Warner Bros. Discovery look like as two separate companies?
Three years after WarnerMedia joined Discovery Inc., the media conglomerate created from that merger says it needs to be ...
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Fear Grips CNN as Ruthless Cost-Cutter Takes the Helm as It Is Set To Be Spun Off From Its Parent Company
‘We will continue to be very focused on efficiency,’ says Gunnar Wiedenfels, the new CEO.
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CNN parent splitting into two companies
Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company to cable channels such as CNN, TBS and TNT, announced Monday that it plans split ...
CNN Hires NYT’s Guy Griggs to Lead Ad Sales Team
He joins the cable channel after helping The New York Times increase digital ad revenue 12% during the first quarter of 2025.