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3:05 PM ET, June 7, 2023

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

CNN CEO Chris Licht confirms he plans to step down, replaced by Amy Entelis in the interim, after a damaging Atlantic profile and Donald Trump town hall — Chris Licht, the embattled CEO of CNN, plans to step down, he confirmed to Axios on Wednesday. Licht has been on the job for 13 months.

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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:

CNN has also let go Chris Licht's top lieutenants, including comms chief Kris Coratti, strategic comms head Matt Dornic, and chief of staff Devan Cayea — After news dropped on Wednesday morning that CNN's CEO Chris Licht had been fired from the ratings-beleaguered network …

Discussion: Adweek, Insider, @sarafischer, Axios and Boing Boing

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

WBD CEO David Zaslav has a history of tearing down and renovating what he considers to be underperforming cable assets, but this strategy might not work for CNN — Analysis: Warner Bros. Discovery's news giant is no fixer-upper, and probably shouldn't be treated as such

Discussion: @karaswisher, Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, @karaswisher, @brianstelter, New York Daily News, @karaswisher, @jbflint, @davidclinchnews, @richarddeitsch, @bristei, @brianstelter, @thesimonetti and @bristei

Semafor:

Chris Licht managed talent poorly and the push to shift CNN to the center politically failed, but the fundamental issue is that cable news is in secular decline — Chris Licht will be stepping down as the CEO and Chairman of CNN. His departure was first reported by Puck News early Wednesday.

Discussion: Mediaite, @madge1428, @oneunderscore__, @richburroughs.dev, @mollyknight.bsky.social, @moorehn, @bryancurtis, @darthbluesky.bsky.social, @jbillinson, @azi and @evanhandler

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Internal memo: WBD CEO David Zaslav addressed Chris Licht's departure, saying “I take responsibility” and “things did not work out the way we had hoped”

Discussion: Mediaite, HuffPost, Insider, New York Post, Fox News, RADAR, Page Six, National Review, Deadline, @thewrap, Broadband TV News, KRON4, Politico and CBS News

Trisha Gopal / Insider:
Amy Entelis, CNN's interim CEO, joined in 2012, headed the original series and documentary unit, and served on the interim leadership team after Jeff Zucker

Discussion: Mediaite, Observer, Al Jazeera and New York Post

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

The LA Times is cutting 74 newsroom jobs, representing 13% of total staff; layoffs will affect some editors, audio producers, and the audience engagement team — The Los Angeles Times is cutting its newsroom staff, becoming the latest news organization to contract amid economic pressures brought …

Financial Times:

Sources: Lloyds puts B.UK, a holding company that controls the Telegraph titles and The Spectator, into receivership over ~£1B debts owed by the Barclay family — UK bank to seek sale of media group over almost £1bn in debts owed by Barclay family

Discussion: The Guardian, The Guardian, @rasmus_kleis, Sky News, Bloomberg, BBC, @michaelwhite, @arusbridger, @ohgodwhatnowpod, @brexit_sham, @henrymance, @jamesrbuk, Press Gazette and The Times

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Amazon plans to launch an ad-supported Prime Video tier and is talking with WBD and Paramount about adding their ad-based tiers to Prime Video Channels — Discussions come as ad buyers have been pushing for more access to premium shows and movies — Amazon is planning to launch …

Discussion: The Wrap, The Streamable, Reuters, Cord Cutters News and NBC Bay Area, more at Techmeme »

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:

Tucker Carlson posts the first episode of his new show, Tucker on Twitter; the episode was just over 10 minutes long and appeared to be from his home in Maine — Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released the first episode of his new show on Twitter Tuesday evening.

The Athletic:

Sources: MLS and Apple discussed sharing new Season Pass subscriber revenue with Lionel Messi; on June 6, Apple unveiled a four-part Messi docuseries on TV+ — Major League Soccer and Inter Miami are solidifying details around the potential signing of Argentine superstar Lionel Messi.

Michael Schulman / New Yorker:

A look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe yanking Hollywood into a franchise-drunk era, in which IP, over star power or directorial vision, drives what gets made — Robert Redford, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Rudd, and Angela Bassett now disappear into movies whose plots can come down to “Keep glowy thing away from bad guy.”

Discussion: The Guardian, The Playlist, @katrosenfield, @johnmcternan, @newyorker, UPROXX, Metro, Comic Book, The Wrap and Los Angeles Times

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Q&A with SiriusXM CEO Jennifer Witz on operating a satellite business, hardware dependency, online content delivery, podcasts, company structure, and more — SiriusXM scooped up Stitcher, Pandora, and Team Coco in recent years, but satellite radio in cars still drives the business.

Discussion: @siriusxmlife

Sara Fischer / @sarafischer:

OutVoice, a freelancer management and payment service for media workers, acquires Study Hall, a newsletter and online freelancer community for six figures — Very proud to announce that @studyhallxyz, the freelance journalism newsletter and community that I co-founded in 2015, was just acquired by @OutVoicePay. Thanks to @sarafischer for covering in Axios https://www.axios.com/... [image]

Discussion: Axios, @chaykak, @chaykak and @chaykak

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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
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