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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.

Chris Licht
Next week, Licht will also be asked to explain the broad cost-cutting occurring across CNN. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
November 11, 2022

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 December, just before Christmas, and impact hundreds of employees. The leadership already knows who they’re going to cut.