The new lineup was unveiled just hours after CNN CEO Mark Thompson outlined job cuts and a digital-first strategy for the venerable cable news channel.

CNN expects to lay off about 200 people as part of a restructuring announced on Thursday that pivots the news organization toward a more digitally oriented future.

CNN is shaking up its TV lineup as it grapples with ratings downturns and costs. Jake Tapper, Audie Cornish, Kasie Hunt and others get new duties

CNN’s executive vice president of programming, Eric Sherling, shared the news with staffers in a memo. “In the mornings and afternoons, staffing in Atlanta and Washington will

A frequent CNN guest slammed the network for laying off 200 workers and sidelining Jim Acosta, who gained a reputation for being a thorn in Donald Trump's side during his first term.

The layoffs are concentrated in CNN's TV business, where ratings have tumbled as consumers cut off cable and seek other news sources.

CNN announced a restructuring Thursday that includes some 200 layoffs, an accelerated pivot to digital operations and new TV roles for personalities such as Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper and Audie Cornish.

CNN is cutting 6% of its workforce as the news organization tries to reinvent itself for TV’s digital future. Facing an exodus of viewers and a systemic decline in pay TV subscriptions, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned news channel said Thursday it will cut 200 employees from the TV side of the business while investing in the digital operation.

Revealed in a memo from Eric Sherling, CNN’s executive vice president of programming, the changes will see multiple anchors take on different roles in new time slots. Rahel Solomon will kick things off at 5 a.m. with a new concept called 5 Things, Audie Cornish will take over the 6 a.m. CNN This Morning.

Mark Thompson has promised to reinvent CNN since he arrived in 2023. Now, he is remaking the network’s TV lineup and its work force.

A culling arrived at CNN on Thursday, though not one as large as most people expected. CNN will lay off 200 people in its TV business, or about 6 percent of its staff, as part of its planned digital revolution,

There is no word on what will happen to Jim Acosta, as Blitzer and Brown’s The Situation Room will take his place in the 10 a.m. ET slot. Tapper’s show will move to 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET, with a new show hosted by Hunt, called The Arena, getting the 4 p.m. ET slot.