Rumor: HBO Max may be folding into Discovery+

[Json]

CNN on Thursday laid off hundreds of staffers and made other sweeping changes that CEO Chris Lictht admitted was a "gut punch" to the network. Among the biggest changes: All live programming on HLN will be halted starting on Dec. 6.


Licht singled out the work of Robin Meade, the "Morning Express" anchor who has been with HLN since 2001. In place of her show, CNN's longtime sister channel will instead simulcast "CNN This Morning." HLN crime programming will move under Warner Bros. Discovery Networks and will be led by Kathleen Finch as it merges with ID.

"I want to take a moment to thank Robin Meade -- she is not only an exceptionally popular anchor, but also one of the longest-running morning hosts in history," Licht wrote in a staff memo outlining the layoffs and restructuring the outlet is undergoing. "I know the HLN audience will miss her and the other HLN talent."

CNN did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for clarification on if Meade will stay at the network following this change.

Among other on-air talent that has been let go in the latest round of staff cuts is Chris Cillizza, Alison Kosik, Martin Savidge, Alexandra Field, and Sonia Moghe, according to CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy, who said that the number of layoffs was in the "hundreds

Dang. They are bleeding talent. Kosik is bae material.

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Legal]

fukk it, throw together the trinity of overused names from the last years, and call it Max Plus One.

 

[Json]

They found the worst possible outcome.

Makes Peacock sound like a genius idea.

 

[wire28]

This runs the risk of alienating the millions of discovery plus users. People will be confused just call it Discovery Ultimate and KIM.

 

[EzekelRAGE]

 

[Lootpack]

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

They trademarked Warner Max.. does the name really even matter at this point? Call it HBO/Discovery, call it Warner/Discovery, who cares?

 

[humminbird]

Warner Max is a great name
why join the peacock club of stupid streaming service names

 

[Json]

This dummy. He’s just now realizing why all these studios stopped selling their stuff to Netflix and pumped up their own platforms.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

This dummy. He’s just now realizing why all these studios stopped selling their stuff to Netflix and pumped up their own platforms.

They've got $50 bill in debt. Creditors on his ass

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[EzekelRAGE]

Do we gotta worry about Oz, Wire, Deadwood and other HBO Piff leaving Max?

 

[AceDeuceTrey]

Taking off Westworld is wild. I was gonna spin the block on that. Only watched S1.

 

[KFBF]

What is a fast channel?