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Kara Swisher says she's leaving CNN after Paramount-WBD merger clears

On her Pivot podcast, Swisher says she's asked her agent to void her CNN contract following the Ellison-backed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger's approval.

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What to know

  • Swisher's exit bid follows California's settlement of a lawsuit that had sought to block the $111 billion Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
  • Her CNN contract runs through December 31; she has asked her agent to negotiate an earlier release rather than wait it out.
  • David and Larry Ellison, who lead Paramount Skydance and back the merger, are widely seen as Trump allies who backed the CBS News takeover and whom Trump has pressed to change CNN.
  • Cohost Scott Galloway separately criticized the merger settlement as toothless 'regulatory theater' with no real legal basis for having been contested.

“There was no legal reason to block this merger. Oh, but they extracted from them a promise to make more movies? That's like letting Goldman and JP Morgan merge if they promised to build more ATMs.”

Scott Galloway, Pivot podcast co-host · Pivot podcast ↗ · Sep 21

Kara SwisherKara Swisher CNN contributor, Pivot podcast co-hostScott Galloway Pivot podcast co-hostRob BontaRob Bonta California Attorney GeneralDavid Ellison CEO, Paramount SkydanceLarry EllisonLarry Ellison Billionaire, father of David EllisonMark Thompson CEO, CNN

Kara Swisher says she's leaving CNN after Paramount-WBD merger clears
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  1. background

    Galloway calls the merger clearance 'regulatory theater' — Swisher's Pivot cohost Scott Galloway argued there was no legal basis to have blocked the merger and dismissed the settlement's concessions, calling California AG Bonta's move a bid to appeal to populist sentiment ahead of a possible gubernatorial run.

  2. background

    Swisher says she's trying to exit her CNN contract — On the Tuesday episode of her Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway, Swisher said she asked her agent to get her out of her CNN contract, which runs through December 31, following the merger's clearance, and named CNN CEO Mark Thompson among staff she respects while saying she won't stay.

  3. background

    California settles lawsuit, clearing Paramount-WBD merger — California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement of blue states' lawsuit against the deal, allowing Paramount Skydance's $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's parent company, to proceed.

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