About 6 percent of jobs, or about 200 people will be cut but the company is actively recruiting for hundreds of new roles, with about 100 expected to be filled in the next few months.

CNN will cut 6% of its current workforce as part of CEO Mark Thompson ‘s continuing efforts to build up the Warner Bros. Discovery outlet’s digital and broadband acumen as the audience flocking to its flagship cable network continues to wane. Many of his plans, telegraphed in a series of memos over recent months, have been expected.