CNN boss Chris Licht has gutted sister network HLN, terminating all live programming as part of ongoing layoffs and budget cuts, sources told The Post.
Licht slashed HLN’s “Morning Express with Robin Meade,” as well as “Weekend Express,” a source close to the situation said. Meade and HLN’s live news programming staffers will be let go, the source added.
Also getting their pink slips Thursday were prominent CNN correspondents Alison Kosik, Martin Savidge, Alex Field, Mary Ann Fox and Chris Cillizza,Licht also has targeted staffers working on longform storytelling, as well as paid contributors, sources told The Post.Licht is expected to release a company-wide memo on the layoffs late Thursday, a source said, noting that the majority of firings will be completed by Friday.
A source with knowledge said those anchors are not on the chopping block, however, but could find homes in open programming slots. HLN, home to “Forensic Files” and other true-crime series, will now air CNN’s revamped morning show, co-hosted by Don Lemon, in place of Meade’s show, an insider told The Post. The network, formally known as Headline News, will eventually combine forces with Investigation Discovery to program shows for the channel, the source added.
As for CNN, one media insider said that Licht still faces enormous challenges even after the cuts. Not only is he tasked with lifting the ratings of the third-place network, but he has to remake the daytime and primetime lineup and fill CNN’s important 9 pm slot still open after the firing of disgraced anchor
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