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Chris Licht was chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide.

Chris Licht ousted at CNN after a year of crisis

1:29pm June 07, 2023

by David Folkenflik

CNN's embattled CEO, Chris Licht, is out after a turbulent first year that included layoffs, a botched town hall with former President Donald Trump and a no-holds-barred profile in The Atlantic.

CNN host Kaitlan Collins is shouldering added pressure for her network, as its town hall event with former President Donald Trump Wednesday evening takes on even greater stakes. On Tuesday, Trump was found liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll's civil suit against him.

Politics & Government

CNN's town hall with Donald Trump takes on added stakes after verdict in Carroll case

3:23pm May 10, 2023

by David Folkenflik

CNN's transformation away from an anti-Trump lineup includes a live town hall featuring Donald Trump. That comes with its own challenges.

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Don Lemon attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on Dec. 11, 2022, in New York City.

National

CNN announces it's parted ways with news anchor Don Lemon

3:37pm April 24, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Lemon, a 17-year veteran of the cable network, said he was "stunned" when his agent told him Monday morning that he had been terminated.

Don Lemon appears at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala in December.

CNN's Don Lemon apologizes for sexist remarks about Nikki Haley

2:39pm February 17, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

The CNN anchor publicly apologized for comments about when women "are in their prime" during a show that aired Thursday.

CNN international anchor Zain Asher poses with her mother, Obiajulu Ejiofor. After losing her husband in a car crash, Ejiofor raised four children with strict and innovative practices — including, when Asher was a teenager, using scissors to cut the pow

CNN's Zain Asher is grateful for her mom's tough love — even if it meant no TV

12:41pm May 06, 2022

by Dave Davies

Asher's dad died in a car crash in Nigeria when she was 5. Her grief-stricken mother used strict and innovative methods to raise 4 kids. Asher honors her mom in the memoir Where the Children Take Us.

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Chris Cuomo seeks $125 million after being fired from CNN

3:34pm March 17, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The former CNN anchor was fired last year for violating CNN's journalistic standards when he helped his brother, ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, navigate the sexual harassment allegations against him.

Jeff Zucker resigned Wednesday as chairman of WarnerMedia and president of CNN, telling staff he had failed to disclose a romantic relationship with a colleague when it began.

CNN president Jeff Zucker resigns over relationship with network executive

4:29pm February 02, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Zucker, CNN's top executive, says he failed to disclose the relationship when it began, as the company requires. Instead, it emerged during an inquiry into former CNN host Chris Cuomo.

Chris Cuomo, pictured in 2019, was fired by CNN after an attorney arranged to share materials supporting accusations by a former colleague of Cuomo at ABC News that he had sexually harassed her there.

National

Chris Cuomo, newly fired from CNN, faces an allegation of sexual misconduct

6:27pm December 05, 2021

"My client came forward at this time because she felt in sharing her story and related documentation, she could help protect other women," said attorney Debra Katz on Sunday.

A joint investigation by Bellingcat and other media outlets found evidence that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was trailed by Russian spy agents for years before he was poisoned in August.

World News

Russian Agents Trailed Opposition Leader Navalny Before Poisoning, Report Finds

8:31am December 16, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

An investigation by Bellingcat, an Internet research organization, and other media outlets, revealed that for years, Russian agents secretly followed Alexei Navalny.

On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist, by Clarissa Ward

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In 'On All Fronts,' CNN's Clarissa Ward Showcases Gravity, Costs Of A Reporting Life

12:48pm September 11, 2020

by Annalisa Quinn

Ward says she didn't know as a journalist she would "have my heart broken in a hundred different ways, that I would lose friends and watch children die and grow to feel like an alien in my own skin."