Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, departed the company on Wednesday.

CNN's embattled CEO, Chris Licht, is out after a turbulent first year that included layoffs, a botched town hall with former President Donald Trump and a no-holds-barred profile in The Atlantic.

Chris Licht, Chairman and CEO, CNN Worldwide speaks onstage during the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront 2022 show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 2022 in New York City. Kevin ...

Chris Licht, Chairman and CEO, CNN Worldwide, speaks during the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront 2023 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 17, 2023 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris ...

Ousted CNN CEO Chris Licht sat down with Stephen A. Smith over the weekend at an event hosted by the New York Press Club and discussed his rocky tenure leading the storied network.. Licht, a ...

Ousted CNN boss, Chris Licht, has torched legacy media - including his old colleagues - as being untrustworthy in a scathing speech about his former industry.. Licht, 53, was fired from CNN in ...

Former CNN boss Chris Licht said he regretted doing an interview for an Atlantic magazine profile that hastened his departure from the struggling, left-leaning news channel. “If I can say one ...

Former CNN CEO Chris Licht continues to eat crow over an unflattering June 2023 profile of him in The Atlantic, which captured the former Late Show producer alternatively bragging and appearing to ...

Former CNN boss Chris Licht said he wishes he didn't do an interview with The Atlantic for a profile the magazine did on him ... saying yes because you know what, when this comes out in a year, ...

Chris Licht has had nothing but time since leaving CNN nearly a year and a half ago.. The veteran news and media executive said Tuesday that he has been doing some consulting, taking meetings ...

Former CNN CEO Chris Licht (left) with Yahoo Finance anchor Seana Smith (right) at the Yahoo Finance Invest conference on Nov. 12, 2024. Recent executive commentary and Q3 results have further ...