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CNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance

The Verge • 2026-10-05T10:42

CNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance

CNN CEO Mark Thompson will remain at the head of the news network when Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition closes this week. Thompson wrote in a memo to employees that he believes the combined company will "fully support the principle and practice of the kind of independent news that CNN has always stood […]

What happened?

CNN CEO Mark Thompson will remain at the head of the news network when Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition closes this week. Thompson wrote in a memo to employees that he believes the combined company will "fully support the principle and practice of the kind of independent news that CNN has always stood […]

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CNN CEO Mark Thompson will remain at the head of the news network when Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros.

Discovery acquisition closes this week.

Thompson wrote in a memo to employees that he believes the combined company will "fully support the principle and practice of the kind of independent news that CNN has always stood […]

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