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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…
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…