Paramount Skydance and CNN chief Mark Thompson are in the “early stages” of discussions that could keep him as the leader of the news giant, according to a person familiar with the matter, a sign that the company is likely to keep CBS News and CNN apart initially as it navigates its purchase of Warner
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The White House is blocking CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump on Saturday, a CNN spokesperson confirmed, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to restore the network’s access to the White House, along with POLITICO and MS NOW. CNN had been scheduled to travel with Trump to Knoxville,
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CNN‘s top executive told staffers Wednesday that he wants to stay at the news giant, but has little knowledge of what the outlet’s soon-to-be new corporate parent has in store. “I am enthusiastic about staying,” CNN CEO Mark Thompson told employees during a town hall meeting, according to two people with knowledge of his remarks.
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White House officials are defending U.S. President Donald Trump‘s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico, claiming that it does not violate the First Amendment. A Tuesday court filing obtained by The New York Times alleges that the news outlets had breached standards of conduct, accusing them of “trafficking in verifiable falsehoods about national security
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MS NOW, CNN and Politico planned to file suit against President Donald Trump and other administration officials over a decision by the Trump to ban the three news organizations from newsgathering at the White House, the latest fracture in the relationship between the president and the national media. “This morning, we notified the government that
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