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.

With Chris Licht’s dismissal as chairman and chief executive of CNN on Wednesday morning, staffers are aiming to get back to that mission. They are deeply yearning for it.

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 ...

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Former CNN boss Chris Licht said he regretted doing an interview for an Atlantic magazine profile that hastened his departure ...

Fired CNN boss Chris Licht admits that he should not have done disastrous Atlantic profile. Lengthy magazine profile came out days before Licht departed role leading CNN ...

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, ...

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 ...

Chris Licht Has a Few Ideas About the Future of Media. The former CNN chief spoke to a Yahoo Finance conference Tuesday, discussing news media's trust problem, and his own exit from the news outlet.