Kara Swisher Says She Will Leave CNN After Ellison-Backed Merger Clears
Swisher said she asked her agent to end her contract and cited the merger’s new ownership as the reason she will not stay.
- On Tuesday, CNN journalist Kara Swisher announced on her Pivot podcast she will leave the network as soon as legally possible following Paramount's $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery clearing its final legal hurdle.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 11 other state attorneys general settled their antitrust lawsuit on Monday, removing the last legal obstacle to the $110 billion mega-merger proceeding.
- Swisher told co-host Scott Galloway on Pivot she could not work under Paramount CEO David Ellison, stating, "I think they are terrible media owners," and requesting her agent secure an early exit from her contract.
- The settlement requires an independent editorial board to oversee journalistic standards at CNN and CBS. Swisher dismissed the measure on Threads as "toothless," predicting it would be "larded over with old & crusty media retirees."
- Critics suggest David Ellison's acquisition aims to reshape CNN's editorial direction, citing his close alliance with President Donald Trump and his past orchestration of what observers called a "commercially disastrous rightwing pivot" at CBS News.
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Left-wing columnist Kara Swisher, who has been a CNN contributor since 2023 and also hosted the network series Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever, said during Tuesday’s installment of her Pivot podcast that that she has asked her agent to release her from her contract following a settlement that cleared the path for Paramount Skydance […]
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