CNN’s uncertain future claims its first major on-air talent

Paula Reid (via LinkedIn)

Paramount hasn’t yet taken over Warner Bros. Discovery and CNN. Bari Weiss isn’t overseeing CNN — at least not yet.

But CNN has already lost a major on-air talent.

Paula Reid, the network’s chief legal affairs correspondent, is leaving to join MS NOW.

Variety’s Brian Steinberg reports Reid is leaving CNN “in part due to the uncertainty of its future as its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, is acquired by Paramount Skydance. Reid turned down a chance to renew her current contract at CNN, according to two people familiar with the situation, in part because CNN’s next era appears chaotic.”

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