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Paula Reid, a prominent CNN journalist, has declined to renew her contract at the network and is set to join MS NOW, according to a Variety report published Wednesday, with sources telling the publication that concerns about CNN's looming acquisition by Paramount Skydance were a central factor.
The move signals an accelerating talent exodus at CNN as the prospect of new ownership reshapes editorial expectations and staff calculations across the organization.
Ellison Takeover and the Bari Weiss Question Variety reported that Reid's decision was shaped in part by the perception that CNN's next era appears chaotic.
At the heart of those concerns is the possibility that Paramount CEO David Ellison, upon assuming control of CNN, would install Bari Weiss — currently editor-in-chief of CBS News — as the network's next leader.
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