Paula Reid Expected to Leave CNN Amid Paramount Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
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Ted Johnson
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Paula Reid, CNN's chief legal affairs correspondent, is expected to leave the network as her contract comes up for renewal. Her departure comes ahead of Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's parent company, which has created uncertainty within the newsroom. Reid joined CNN from CBS News in 2021.
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· 3 pulledReid's exit plans come in advance of Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which has already created consternation within the CNN newsroom over the ultimate plans for their pending new owner.
CNN declined to comment.
Reid joined CNN from CBS News in 2021 as senior legal affairs correspondent, and was named chief legal affairs correspondent.
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