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Warner Bros. Discovery's CNN announced on Thursday that it reduced around 6% of its total staff, or around 210 employees because it refocuses the company around a global digital audience.
CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced the job losses in a service note on Thursday, confirming the CNBC report on Wednesday that cuts arrived. In the memo, Thompson noted that CNN does not expect the total workforce to drop “a lot” this year because the company plans to invest $ 70 million in new digital plans.
“I know that whatever the total number of job losses, the impact on those involved can be immense,” wrote Thompson in the note, obtained by CNBC. “The process of change is essential if we are to prosper in the future, but I recognize and regret its very real human consequences.”
The layoffs come while CNN reorganizes its line of linear television and the construction of digital subscription products. Cups will help CNN to reduce production costs and consolidate teams, according to people familiar with the issue, who spoke under the guise of anonymity to discuss non -public thinking. Some shows produced in New York or Washington can move to Atlanta, where production can be carried out at a lower cost, people said.
For the most part, job cuts will not affect the most recognizable names of CNN, which are under contract, people said. CNN has around 3,500 employees worldwide.
A CNN spokesperson refused to comment beyond Thompson's declaration.
New CNN plans
CNN has announced several new initiatives in memo. The company provides for a new way for digital subscribers to distribute CNN outside of CNN Max, which exists in the wider MAX streaming service of Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN plans to announce the details of the content “in the coming months”, said Thompson in the note at Stasff. CNN planned to launch its own streaming service, CNN +, in 2022, but the service was closed Almost immediately by Chris Licht, who had been appointed to take the post of CEO.
In October, CNN launched a digital paid wall, Invoice heavier users on site $ 3.99 per month. The objective of the press organization is to reach $ 1 billion in revenue by 2030.
CNN plans to hire at least 100 new jobs in the coming months to develop a wider digital presence, by investing in products and technology as well as “new high quality journalism and narration”. Part of this investment will be in a “digital product focused on the lifestyle” that CNN develops.
CNN also reorganizes its linear television calendar in the United States and internationally. The Network of News is developing new American morning shows, adding an hour to “The Situation Room”, organized by Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, by moving “The CNN's the Arena with Kasie Hunt” at 4 pm and “The Lead” by Jake Tapper at 5:00 pm.
Mark Thompson, CEO of CNN
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NBC News Cutts
NBC News also provides discounts later this week, according to people familiar with the question that spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss non -public changes. Although the exact number cannot be determined, job losses will be much less than 50 years, two of the people said. A spokesperson for NBC News refused to comment.
The two press organizations waited after the American presidential inauguration to make the cuts. The information media landscape is in transition, because fewer people watch linear television and consume their news more on streaming and social media services.
Disclosure: NBCUNIVERSAL is the parent company of CNBC and NBC News.
