Ellison in talks to keep Mark Thompson leading CNN without Bari Weiss oversight

David Ellison is negotiating to keep Mark Thompson as CNN’s chief executive for at least another year after Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, The New York Times reports. Under the arrangement being discussed, CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss would remain in her current role without immediate editorial or operational oversight of CNN.

The negotiations are ongoing, and an agreement is not assured. Thompson has sought to preserve his authority to run the network independently. The report offers an early indication of how the combined company could organize its news operations as the merger approaches completion.

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