Cnn Layoffs 2025 Calendar. Cable giant cnn is planning to lay off dozens of employees and undergo a major restructuring as the outlet looks to retool itself around digital during president trump’s second. Cnn, a unit of warner bros discovery , plans to lay off hundreds of employees thursday, as it refocuses the business around a global digital audience, cnbc reported.
Cnn announced a restructuring thursday that includes some 200 layoffs, an accelerated pivot to digital operations and new tv roles for personalities like wolf blitzer, jake. The network has sought new avenues for raising revenue, launching a paywall last fall on cnn.com, which is one of the highest trafficked news sites in the world.