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An impending merger between Discovery and Warner Media, which owns CNN among many other media properties, could be a moment that upends the news industry. Deadline reports that David Zaslav, the CEO of the new venture, says he plans to be hands-on boss. During an interview where he was asked about changes at CNN, Zaslav said he thought America would “probably be better off if we just had news networks in America.”
If I were one of the liberal talking heads that appeared regularly on CNN, I’d be worried. Published reports suggest that the network is gearing up to fire a good number of on-air talent, yet another signal that CNN’s days of serving as a 24-7 mouthpiece for the Democratic Party are winding down.
