{
  "id": 1550331,
  "title": "CNN Has Prime-Time Anchors Locked In Ahead of Paramount Deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/cnn-has-prime-time-anchors-locked-in-ahead-of-paramount-deal",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T20:03:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cnn-prime-time-anchors-locked-paramount-1236836589/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Executives at Paramount Skydance have agreed to pay billions to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but they may have to do a little more work if they want to put their own stamp on the programming at CNN. CNN recently struck a new deal with Abby Phillip, anchor of the raucous 10 p.m. roundtable “NewsNight” that […]",
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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."
}