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Paramount CEO asks Mark Thompson to stay on at CNN after the merger. Will he?

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

Reportedly, David EIllison wants Thompson to remain the leader of CNN, but Thompson has stipulations

The big mega media deal of Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery is expected to be finalized next week. Paramount owns CBS News and Warner Bros. Discovery owns CNN.

So the big question in media circles is what’s to become of CNN when the companies merge?

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