Paramount CEO suggests CNN and CBS News to stay separate after Warner Bros. merger

Published March 5, 2026 5:54pm ET



Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison suggested his company is planning to keep CNN and CBS News as separate brands Thursday after ultimately merging with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Ever since Paramount beat Netflix in its higher bid to acquire WBD last week, media industry figures have raised concerns about how the to-be-combined company will manage CNN and whether it will be similar to how CBS News saw a massive overhaul in its leadership last year.

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