CNN Staffers Panic over Paramount Merger: 'Bloodbath Coming,’ Newsroom Is ‘Like a Funeral’

Paramount is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns CNN. CNN staff members expressed concerns about the merger in internal communications, with some using language such as "bloodbath coming" and describing the newsroom atmosphere as comparable to "a funeral," according to reporting on internal statements. The acquisition has not yet closed.

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