Licht’s Debate Prep

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Good evening, I’m Dylan Byers.

Welcome back to In the Room, my biweekly private email about the inner workings of the media industry. Tonight, from the nation’s capital, we go inside CNN’s Washington bureau, where Chris Licht was asked some very tough and pointed questions about the network’s coming layoffs and cuts—an early taste of the backlash to come.

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Licht’s Debate Prep

A tune up for a companywide town hall suggests what’s on the mind of the newish C.E.O.’s anxious charges.

DYLAN BYERS

Next Tuesday, Chris Licht, the embattled chairman and C.E.O. of CNN, will face the toughest public challenge of his seven-month tenure when he sits down for a staff-wide town hall, moderated by anchor Alisyn Camerota. Licht will be questioned about the new round of layoffs that, I’m reliably told, will go into effect in early...

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