Chris Licht
Coverage of Chris Licht in the Nexus archive.
- CNN staffers see Paramount merger as 'inevitable' despite legal battle delaying Ellison takeover
CNN staff view the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger as inevitable despite a legal delay. The $111 billion deal, approved by the EU and U.S. Justice Department but blocked by a California antitrust lawsuit, remains on hold until next year. CNN insiders report low morale amid leadership changes and uncertainty about the network's future under David Ellison.
- Don Lemon claims an unqualified White man 'failed up' from Colbert's show to CNN and then fired him
Former CNN host Don Lemon published a Substack essay criticizing legacy media for promoting unqualified white men while pushing out qualified journalists like himself, appearing to reference former CNN CEO Chris Licht who moved from producing Stephen Colbert's show to leading CNN before firing Lemon. Lemon connected these industry dynamics to the cancellation of Colbert's Late Show and his own exit from CNN.