CNN Staffers Panic over Paramount Merger: ‘Bloodbath Coming,’ Newsroom Is ‘Like a Funeral’

Breitbart ^ | 9-23-26 | Simon Kent

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CNN Staffers Panic over Paramount Merger: ‘Bloodbath Coming,’ Newsroom Is ‘Like a Funeral’ CNN news anchor Jake Tapper (C), flanked by Univision's news anchor Ilia Calderón (R), waMandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Simon Kent23 Sep 20263,997 2:47 Paramount’s looming acquisition of CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly sending shivers down the collective spines of news gathers at the 46-year-old legacy outlet.

As Breitbart News reported, Paramount reached a deal with 12 state attorneys-general Monday that surmounted a major hurdle to closing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery which will now go ahead.

This clears the way for a media behemoth that will straddle both CBS News and CNN, in addition to Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros., streaming services HBO Max and Paramount+.

Not everyone is enthused at the prospect and bottom lips are trembling, as the NY Post reports.

“People are very nervous,” one CNN staffer told the outlet. “It’s dark. It’s like when you do hurricane coverage. You see the storm spinning off the coast of Haiti and moving towards Florida and you’re just waiting and you’re like, ‘Oh, s–t’.”

“Bloodbath coming, including at CNN,” a TV executive confided. “That’s the next big step — slashing and burning,” while others also drew death-by-takeover comparisons.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: bloodbath; cnn; merger; paramount

[dynachrome]

The end of civilization as we know it./s

[Libloather]

Some days are just better than others.

[Fungi]

Hopefully Jake Tapper will be the first to go. He can finally wipe that lying constipated look off his face.

[bigbob]

Here’s a Long Distance Dedication to the CNN Newsroom:

https://youtu.be/VScSEXRwUqQ?t=68

[Salman]

Maybe Elon Musk will buy CNN? {snicker}

[TigersEye]

Smells like somethin' died.

[Mean Daddy]

He’s involved but not sure how. I just know he likes to cut non-value added jobs and redundant positions. I would be nervous too.

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

I’m hoping that the 2028 presidential debates will have new moderators. CNN was one of the worst offenders.

[Mean Daddy]

[PGR88]

[Beowulf9]

CNN = See an end.

[maro]

Would he rename as XNN?

[SunkenCiv]

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[yuleeyahoo]

Things are looking up!

[j.havenfarm]

I don’t have a huge position in WBD stock, but a nice moderate holding. Not only do I get to enjoy about a 340% profit, but I get to see a whole bunch of those bastards at CNN on the unemployment line. Yummy!

[eyedigress]

The Dem Machine went into action because it was Ellison.

The Paramount Smackdown is LA to NY. Ellison wins.

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/david-ellison-considering-elon-musk-paramount-investment-1236873471/

[BookmanTheJanitor]

I said, the real favor, follow my advice and fire your f'ng ass because a loser is a loser. ...I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it.

[dfwgator]

Alec Baldwin didn’t have to act in that scene.

[Clay Moore]

Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too

[Paladin2]

Itch wiggers?