Jake Tapper Gets Personal In Breaking News Announcement About CNN’s Future | EUROtoday

CNN host Jake Tapper broke some information on Thursday and made a present of it due to the potential influence on him and his colleagues. (Watch the video beneath.)

“So we have some breaking news in our national lead that affects everybody I’m looking at right now in the studio,” he mentioned, turning his head theatrically towards staffers. “Moments ago, Netflix said it is declining to raise its offer for the purchase of Warner Bros. Studios and HBO, following the Warner Bros. Discovery board’s determination that Paramount — which is not just going for Warner Bros. Studios and HBO, but also the whole enchilada, including us here at CNN — Paramount has submitted a superior offer, according to Warner Bros. Discovery’s board. As I’ve noted, Warner Bros. Discovery is the parent company of CNN.”

Paramount’s inside observe on the acquisition may spell modifications at CNN. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison assured Trump administration officers that if he purchased Warner “he’d make sweeping changes to CNN,” The Wall Street Journal reported beforehand.

President Donald Trump’s disdain for the information community is well-known.

“I think the people that have run CNN for the last long period of time are a disgrace,” he mentioned in December. “I think it’s imperative that CNN be sold.”

The Ellison-run Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount and subsidiary CBS final yr resulted in a right-leaning shift of the community’s information division beneath new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.

However, CNN Chair Mark Thompson instructed staff on Thursday, “I’d suggest that you don’t jump to conclusions about the future until we know more.”