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CNN Layoffs Include Well-Known Correspondents, Network Slashes HLN Programming CNN Layoffs Include Well-Known Correspondents, Network Slashes HLN Programming
CNN Layoffs Include Well-Known Correspondents, Network Slashes HLN Programming Some familiar faces are leaving CNN amid a series of layoffs and cost-cutting measures being implemented by the network, Variety reports. Among those being let go are Chris Cillizza, a political commentator who joined the network in 2017, and longtime reporter Martin Savidge, according to the outlet. Earlier Report: CNN To Shut Down Streaming Service One Month After Debut Also getting the chop are CNN correspondents Alison Kosik, Alex Field, and Mary Ann Fox, Variety reports. Perhaps the most visible changes will occur on CNN’s sister network HLN, which will stop producing live programmi…

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by Michael Mashburn
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CNN To Shut Down Streaming Service One Month After Debut CNN To Shut Down Streaming Service One Month After Debut
CNN To Shut Down Streaming Service One Month After Debut Just a month after its debut, CNN is shutting down its streaming service, CNN+, according to CNN Business. Subscribers have until Saturday, April 30 to watch programming, at which point CNN+ will cease to exist, the outlet reported. The move comes amid a major shakeup in company management after CNN’s former parent company, WarnerMedia, merged with Discovery to form Warner Bros. Discovery. David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, plans to instead house all of the company’s brands under a single streaming service, CNN Business reported. “In a complex streaming market, consumers wan…

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by Michael Mashburn
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New Discovery+ Series To Follow Luxury Real Estate Brokers In The Hamptons New Discovery+ Series To Follow Luxury Real Estate Brokers In The Hamptons
New Discovery+ Series To Follow Luxury Real Estate Brokers In The Hamptons A new Discovery+ series will follow a group of luxury real estate agents on Long Island.  Selling the Hamptons will be available to stream on Thursday, Jan. 20, according to an announcement from the streaming service. The docu-series spans eight episodes.  The show will follow six real estate agents from Nest Seekers International: Bianca D’Alessio, J.B. Andreassi, Michael Fulfree, Peggy Zabakolas, Kenny Arias and Mia Calabrese. “We are a game-changing brokerage," D'Alessio said in a statement. "We are innovative, fierce and cutting-edge. It is our job to stand out in the H…

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by Nicole Valinote
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CEO At Center Of $43 Billion Deal To Merge Discovery, WarnerMedia Is Hudson Valley HS Grad CEO At Center Of $43 Billion Deal To Merge Discovery, WarnerMedia Is Hudson Valley HS Grad
CEO At Center Of $43 Billion Deal To Merge Discovery, WarnerMedia Is Hudson Valley HS Grad The mastermind set to take over what would be one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates got his start as a high school graduate of New York's Hudson Valley. On Monday, May 17, AT&T and Discovery announced an agreement to combine WarnerMedia’s assets with Discovery’s businesses to create a standalone entertainment company that will be led by Discovery CEO David Zaslav, a graduate of Ramapo High School in Rockland County. Born in Brooklyn in 1960, Zaslav moved to the Hudson Valley at the age of 8. He was a captain of the Ramapo High School varsity tennis team.  He …

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by Zak Failla