It's a tough time for CNN, which looks like it will be in management limbo for some time with Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. Some at the network had expressed relief that CNN was not included in Warner's announced deal Friday to sell its studio and streaming business to Netflix. But Paramount wants to buy all of the company, including CNN and sister cable networks like HGTV and TNT. If that bid is successful, CNN could combine with CBS News in some fashion. Whoever wins, it's likely to be many months before the management situation is cleared up.

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