#chris-cuomo

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Marie SolisReporting on the Business news of the week It's the mythical unlucky number, and for Chris Licht, the former head of CNN, perhaps especially so: It's the number of months he lasted in the top role before being fired on Wednesday.Here's what led up to his ouster CNN's corporate head, David Zaslav (pictured here), handpicked Licht to run CNN last spring as part of an overhaul of the network, which he thought had veered into left-leaning advocacy.

CNN has selected Kaitlan Collins to host a new weeknight show at 9 p.m., elevating her to one of the most coveted time slots in cable news a week after she moderated a contentious town hall with former President Donald J. Trump.The new role for Ms. Collins was announced by CNN's chairman, Chris Licht, on Wednesday, just ahead of a presentation to advertisers in Midtown Manhattan hosted by Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's parent company.

At some time in the next couple weeks CNN will begin to lay off staff, part of a slimming down strategy that is affecting the whole media sector but also a move that has shocked many at one of the household names in US news which now seems to be in crisis as it adjusts to new owners keen to slash costs.