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  "id": 12173680,
  "title": "CNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/cnns-boss-will-remain-as-paramount-and-wbd-merge-into-skydance",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T14:42:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1004734/cnn-ceo-mark-thompson-paramount-warner-bros"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "CNN CEO Mark Thompson will remain at the head of the news network when Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition closes this week. Thompson wrote in a memo to employees that he believes the combined company will \"fully support the principle and practice of the kind of independent news that CNN has always stood […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Paramount names leadership team for combined Skydance entity ahead of Warner Bros. deal close",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/paramount-names-leadership-team-for-combined-skydance-entity-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-10-05T17:30:33.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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