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    Chris Licht ousted as CNN chairman as network faces leadership crisis

    Chris Licht, the beleaguered chairman of CNN, is stepping down, marking an abrupt end to the executive's rocky 13-month tenure. The company announced his departure Wednesday at its daily editorial meeting. It marks a rapid and spectacular fall for the executive leading the influential cable news channel. David Zaslav, chief executive of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, called in to the ...
    by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times Jun 07, 2023 3 minutes
    Chris Licht attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on Dec. 11, 2022.

    Chris Licht, the beleaguered chairman of CNN, is stepping down, marking an abrupt end to the executive's rocky 13-month tenure.

    The company announced his departure Wednesday at its daily editorial meeting. It marks a rapid and spectacular fall for the executive leading the influential cable news channel.

    David Zaslav, chief executive of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, called in to the meeting shortly after informing Licht of the decision.

    Zaslav told CNN staffers that Licht's job was "never going to be easy" and said he wished

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