
CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht said that David Leavy, a long-time aide to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, has been appointed chief operating officer at CNN, a new post.
Warner Bros. Discovery acquired CNN when it bought WarnerMedia from AT&T last year and has made a number of changes in both the executive ranks and on-camera talent as it tried to shed the impression that it focused on opposing former President Donald Trump.