CNN is undergoing a merger with Paramount.
Posted by The Kuhner Report, Checked
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The Kuhner ReportOct 7, 2026
Sources show Skydance-owned Paramount closed its roughly $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's parent, on October 6, 2026, so CNN came under Paramount control and its news operations are slated to combine with CBS News.
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… Oh, yeah, we're about to commence bombing, yeah, bombing of Russia, and he was clearly joking. They you tried using that against them. Here's another thing. I'm not saying you overlooked it, but to consider what's about to happen with CN right now. Well, you got that big merger with, uh, you know, with Paramount, and they're worried in the CNN newsroom they're gonna get cleaned out, and they're gonna be replaced with actual real journalists. Why would you post it? Why would you go with this story, this crap? Because now they can say, "Ah, this is retribution. We reported the news, and we all got fired because Trump hates the media. We're victims." It's perpetual. It's never going to stop. …
The Kuhner Report · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports that Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, and that CNN now has a new owner, Skydance.[1]
Supports. Reuters reports that the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger took effect on Tuesday, with CNN CEO Mark Thompson continuing under David Ellison-led Skydance.[2]
Supports. CNN's own reporting says the merger unites CBS News with CNN, and that Paramount would assume control of CNN as part of the Warner Bros. Discovery deal after a judge approved the settlement.[3][4]
Context. The passage's reference to a 'big merger with Paramount' and CNN's newsroom matches this deal. The extraction faithfully restates the post's claim, and the merger's closing on October 6 means it was underway or just completed on the October 7 check date.[1][2]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1CNN now has a new owner. What will the future of the network be under Skydance?apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Ellison retains Thompson as CNN chief, unveils Skydance leadership teamreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Paramount-Warner Bros. merger moves forward after judge ... - CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4What we know — and don't — about Paramount's Hollywood plansus.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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