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

October 5, 2026 · 2:42 pm 1 sources

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• CNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance
  The Verge · October 5, 2026 14:42
  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…