CNN CEO Chris Licht out days after devastating expose

Bevan Hurley

7 June 2023 at 9:14 am·1-min read

CNN CEO Chris Licht has been oustered from the network after just 16 months in the job, according to reports.

The reported axing comes just days after a devastating expose in The Atlantic revealed he had lost the confidence of the newsroom.

The news was first reported by Puck news, and quickly matched by CNN’s own media reporter Oliver Darcy, who had written a series of scathing newsletters about his former boss.

Mr Licht’s firing comes amid unprecedented turmoil at the cable news juggernaut, which has seen ratings and profits plummet, and top stars such as Don Lemon fired.

Mr Licht oversaw the network’s attempted courting of Donald Trump, resulting in a disastrous in New Hampshire Town Hall debate last month.

The final straw for Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav appeared to be the publication of a behind-the-scenes article by Atlantic writer Tim Alberta last week.

Mr Alberta spent 12 months embedded with the 51-year-old and gained unparalleled access to

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