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Kara Swisher Vows to Quit CNN Over $111 B Warner Deal

6/17/2026

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Kara Swisher said she will leave CNN if the Paramount Skydance $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, approved by the DOJ on June 12, 2026, closes.
She told co-host Scott Galloway on Pivot she refuses to work for the Ellisons because she deems them incompetent.
Swisher, whose contract runs through year-end, hopes for early release and cited her prior exit from James Murdoch’s outlets after an ownership change.

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Kara Swisher said she will leave CNN if the Paramount Skydance $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, approved by the DOJ on June 12, 2026, closes.
She told co-host Scott Galloway on Pivot she refuses to work for the Ellisons because she deems them incompetent.
Swisher, whose contract runs through year-end, hopes for early release and cited her prior exit from James Murdoch’s outlets after an ownership change.