- A day after CNN chief Chris Licht informed network staff that layoffs were incoming, the hammer came down.
- Variety was the first to report that a number of notable correspondents and production staff were given pink slips on Thursday, including polarizing politics reporter and editor-at-large Chris Cillizza.
- Besides Cillizza, who is known for his “simplistic” both-sides punditry, CNN also parted ways with correspondents Alison Kosik, Alexandra Field, and Mary Anne Fox, the VP of northeast news.
