CNN now has new owner. What lies ahead for the network under Skydance?
After a tumultuous, roughly yearlong process, Skydance-owned Paramount closed its USD 81 billion buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday. And beyond Hollywood, the mega merger brings two titans of the American TV news landscape - CBS and CNN - under the same roof. On the eve of the deal's completion, Skydance confirmed that CNN's Mark Thompson will stay on as editor-in-chief of the network - separate from CBS, where Bari Weiss remains at the helm. But how the combined company's news operati…



