Dylan Byers

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NEWS: CNN will move Los Angeles bureau from Hollywood (Sunset & Cahuenga) to WBD-owned building in Burbank as cost-saving measure, CEO Chris Licht said in town hall today. The iconic, lit-up CNN logo on the 14-story building has long been a fixture of the Hollywood skyline. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @teddyschleifer: NEW @PuckNews — Sam Bankman-Fried in a 45-minute interview, as he played video games, on the problems of "earn to giv… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sherman4949: WBD CEO David Zaslav gave his division heads a directive a few months ago — pretend your units are your own family busines… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sarafischer: NEW: @BuzzFeed cutting roughly 12% its workforce (~180 employees), it said in a regulatory filing today. - It last announc… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PuckNews: “Everyone’s depressed,” a CNN source in D.C. texted @DylanByers after a long-anticipated day of corporate bloodletting at the… — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW @PuckNews: The CNN Green Room Massacre: End notes on a sad day or two at CNN as the Licht era enters a new phase. https://t.co/ZoXkHQrMCK — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PeterHamby: The New Yorker on @PuckNews — specifically, a former New Yorker who is now a reluctant New Jerseyer Nice work @JonKelly2 h… — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW @NewYorker: The E-Mail Newsletter for the Mogul Set: The media startup Puck is aiming to build a business by covering power and wealth from the inside, by @ClareMalone >> https://t.co/0I61dzwkIw — PolitiTweet.org

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Big media names at U.S.-France State Dinner tonite: David Zaslav, Ted Sarandos, Jeff Shell, Dana Walden, Anna Wintour, Jeffrey Katzenberg (h/t @teddyschleifer) Wines: 2018 Newton Napa Valley Chardonnay (paired w/ lobster); 2019 Anakota "Knights Valley" Cabernet (paired w/ beef). — PolitiTweet.org

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This excellent @WSJ report on Disney (https://t.co/Di1feVlk0h) confirms what I reported last week @PuckNews: Despite being portrayed as heroic Chapek whistleblower, Disney CFO Christine McCarthy was directly involved in Chapek-approved decisions that created problems at company https://t.co/gYqnGPwmjj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RWhelanWSJ: SCOOP w/ @JBFlint, @jtoonkel Months before Bob Chapek's firing, Disney hired McKinsey to find cost cuts. The consultants'… — PolitiTweet.org

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There is a widespread rumor going around CNN that Jim Acosta (@Acosta) has been laid off. That is not true. He is staying at network and still has show, though some people who work on the show will be laid off as CNN consolidates show teams. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW @PuckNews: New memo from Chris Licht details changes at CNN… https://t.co/Oop8pZRx3r — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sarafischer: Scoop: The Recount plans to suspend operations next Friday, Dec 9 unless it can find a buyer before then that wants to kee… — PolitiTweet.org

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+ Jonathan Martin, star political reporter who recently returned to Politico from New York Times, will also lose CNN contributor deal… @jmart List of contribs losing gigs is long. Full details tomorrow in private email @PuckNews — PolitiTweet.org

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+ Others out at CNN today include @ChrisCillizza, @AlisonKosik and NY bureau chief Mary Ann Fox… — PolitiTweet.org

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Lots of notable CNN contributors losing deals, including an esteemed voice on Russia and American politics: @sbg1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Scoop @PuckNews: CNN dayside anchor @AnaCabrera is leaving for NBCUniversal, likely MSNBC. (Not related to current layoffs.) Chris Licht will be announcing new CNN dayside schedule in coming weeks… — PolitiTweet.org

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+ Robin Meade and other HLN anchors will lose jobs. HLN will simulcast CNN This Morning in place of Meade’s show. Crime programming will be synergized with Discovery’s iD. — PolitiTweet.org

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Scoop @PuckNews: As part of CNN cost cuts, HLN will cease all live programming. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BenMullin: Today, Gannett begins laying off about 6% of its U.S. media division. Employees at @USATODAY are beginning to get calendar i… — PolitiTweet.org

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Nov 4. @PuckNews / Today @nytimes https://t.co/qNO9CBg5Iv — PolitiTweet.org

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+ memo… https://t.co/Tx9WxFOhmZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Scoop @PuckNews: The long-anticipated CNN layoffs, expected to target hundreds of employees, are underway as of today… — PolitiTweet.org

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"We used to think that sports were the final vestige of cable. Now, we realize that they’re the next frontier of streaming." New @loudmouthjulia at @PuckNews: https://t.co/GXwqV54aKW — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @asharma: Disney CEO Robert Iger, at a town hall meeting, vowed to prioritize making money in streaming over adding subscribers. “We hav… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PuckNews: “At the moment, apparently no one can do this job except for Iger, which is a problem in and of itself for Disney.” From @Dy… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PuckNews: “The Iger-Chapek shakeup really is one of those rare Shakespearean plot twists that deserves its own chapter in the histories… — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW @PuckNews: Igermania, the WaPo, & Zaz: News and notes on the interior monologue of the media industry in semi-pre-holiday-repose. https://t.co/AePusDljdk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BenMullin: That was fast! Bob Iger has asked Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, Jimmy Pitaro and Christine McCarthy to "work together on the de… — PolitiTweet.org