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CNN Leadership Amid Media Consolidation
David Ellison of Paramount is seeking to retain CNN CEO Mark Thompson after the Warner Bros. Discovery deal closes, amid speculation about the network's future under new ownership. Meanwhile, a new documentary 'The Grid Unplugged' explores the failing power grids that sparked California wildfires.
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Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: As parts of California continue to rebuild following wildfires in recent years, The Grid Unplugged explores a systemic failure at the root of the problem. Making its world premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival, Deadline has an exclusive clip from the Rick Cutter-helmed docu
2026-10-01 16:00 UTC
Deadline
Paramount CEO David Ellison wants Mark Thompson to remain at CNN after the Warner Bros. Discovery deal closes, a move that would settle at least some of the speculation over the future of the network under its incoming new owners. Talks between Ellison and Thompson are said to be in their early stag
2026-10-01 16:03 UTC