Thompson’s name had been one of the candidates listed in multiple media reports suggesting leaders at Warner Bros. Discover, the media conglomerate that owns CNN, were close to naming its new permanent news chief. “I want to say that I recognize change isn’t easy and I know you’ve been through a lot of it,” David Zaslav, the chief executive of WarnerBros. In the months after Licht was ousted, CNN had been run by a so-called “quad” of executives including Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent and content development, Virginia Moseley, executive vice president of editorial, and Eric Sherling, executive vice president of U.S. programming, as well as David Leavy, chief operating officer. Zaslav said he was planning on the four serving as “a big help” to Thompson, once he takes over on Oct. 9.

Source: CNN August 30, 2023 14:16 UTC