Shockwaves as CNN legend exits amid fears new owners will ‘do a number’ on network

Veteran CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour sent shockwaves Monday by announcing her exit from the network after more than 40 years, a move that some critics suggested may be a well-timed escape from new owners they see as friendly to President Donald Trump.“Notably, this announcement occurs just weeks after David Ellison closed on the Warner Bros. merger and took over CNN,” wrote Zeteo media columnist Justin Baragona in a social media post on X Monday.Paramount Skydance closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Oct. 6, handing Ellison control of a media empire that includes CNN, CBS News, HBO and Paramount+, among countless other properties.Ellison, whose father, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is a close ally of Trump, has cozied up to the president himself, attending a UFC match on the White House lawn for Trump’s 80th birthday, months after Trump declared it “imperative that CNN be sold.”“Yep, they’re about...