(Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery-owned CNN’s top boss Chris Licht informed employees in an all-staff memo on Wednesday that layoffs are underway, according to a CNN reporter’s tweet.
A representative for CNN did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Licht said CNN would notify a limited number of individuals, largely some of its paid contributors on Wednesday and the impacted employees on Thursday, according to the tweet.
(Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)