Over the past 12 months, Elon Musk continued his streak of somehow finding a way into just about every social-political conversation, it seemed, something that was readily apparent in his midyear endorsement of Donald Trump. As the co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, a made-up…

UPDATED: Among those who were laid off from CNN today were Brian Lowry, its media critic, and senior tech writer Samantha Murphy Kelly. CNN Worldwide CEO Mark Thompson said that about 100 people would be impacted by the job cuts, or about 2.9% of its 3,500 employee workforce. Lowry has been a…

Editor's note: It’s Debate Night in America and the Deadline ElectionLine podcast is kicking off our dawn-to dusk-coverage today of what will be the first face-off this year between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump. Stay tuned; later today we will be following the debate with breaking…

CNN’s Mark Thompson told advertisers additional details about the network’s strategy, with plans to expand franchises to digital platforms and to build new branded verticals around topics beyond politics. “We don’t believe news is just politics,” Thompson said at the Warner Bros. Discovery upfront…

CNN’s CEO Mark Thompson laid out a strategy for the news organization, focusing on integrating linear TV and digital news units, and boosting its presence and innovation on smart phones and other mobile devices. In a memo to employees sent today (read it below), Thompson called his plans a “true…

Athan Stephanopoulos is stepping down as EVP and Chief Digital Officer of CNN, as CEO Mark Thompson focuses on a new structure for the network. Stephanopoulos joined the network in fall 2022 under then-CEO Chris Licht. Related Stories …

CNN Max is attracting users who are “20 years younger” than traditional TV viewers, according to Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav. In a commentary provided for investors following WBD’s third-quarter results announcement Wednesday, Zaslav said his team had been “analyzing everything” to do with…

CNN’s new chairman and CEO Mark Thompson officially started in his job leading the network on Monday, telling staffers in an internal video message that the news organization needed to make advancements in digital and that conventional TV “can no longer define us.” “It’s one platform in a growing…

It is possible that in his search for CNN's next boss, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav simply checked back through the news network’s archives.  In the otherworldly days of 2020, when Richard Quest was broadcasting in front of a bookcase, the gravel-voiced anchor conducted an exit interview…

UPDATE: Warner Bros. Discovery made it official on Wednesday: Mark Thompson will become chairman and CEO of CNN. Thompson will take the role on Oct. 9. Related Stories News CNN Unv…

The New York Times said digital revenue exceeded print for the first time ever for the second quarter ended in June when it added 669,000 net new digital subscriptions. That included 493,000 net new subscriptions to its core news product and 176,000 to other digital products, like Cooking, Crossword and audio. It…

Meredith Kopit Levien, the COO of the New York Times Co. and a key architect of the media company’s surge in digital subscriptions in recent years, has been named CEO. The company announced Wednesday that Kopit Levien will succeed Mark Thompson on September 8. At 49, she will be the youngest top executive in the…