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Incoming CNN boss Chris Licht plans to nix the network's left-leaning commentary when he assumes the role of president this May, insiders say, and has already engaged in talks with rival Fox News about halting its aggressive coverage of them. Former CBS exec Licht, 50, who headed Stephen Colbert's Late Show for six years until it was announced he was replacing ousted boss Jeff Zucker last month, has already begun closed door conversations with key figures close to the conservative news network, two sources close to the matter told The Daily Beast Tuesday. Licht reportedly told certain Fox reporters and...

Chris Licht, the producer who created “Morning Joe,” revamped “CBS This Morning” and revitalized “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” has been selected to run CNN once Discovery merges with WarnerMedia this spring, according to three sources with knowledge of the plan. The parties involved have not yet commented on the anticipated appointment. But Licht’s hiring will be announced next week, one of the sources said. Licht is currently the executive producer and showrunner of “The Late Show” and executive vice president of special programming at ViacomCBS, consulting on programming across the company. Licht has more than two decades of...