But CNN, now 45 years old, is in a precarious situation as two huge media conglomerates vie for ownership of its parent company, Warner Bros Discovery. and a University of Pennsylvania media policy professor. That arrangement could set up CNN and the others for another sale. The prominent critic of big tech’s dominance of major media platforms wrote recently that anti-trust laws should prohibit both deals. In the world of media ownership, bigger isn’t better.

Source: CNN December 20, 2025 12:09 UTC