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

The Verge · Oct 05, 2026

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CNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance
Tech October 5, 2026

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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