CNN CEO Tells Paramount He Won't Share Network Oversight Amid Bari Weiss Speculation | Report

Amid Bari Weiss' tumultuous tenure overseeing CBS News, anxieties are high at another cable institution that could soon come under her purview. Tensions are high at CNN ahead of Paramount's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which would add the network to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's portfolio. CNN CEO Mark Thompson told Paramount executives that he would not share oversight of the network with another executive, two individuals briefed on the discussion told the New York Times. Thompson's stance comes in the midst of ongoing speculation that Ellison may tap . . .