Kara Swisher told listeners of her Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway that she has asked her agent to end her CNN contract, which concludes on December 31. She said she considered a licensing arrangement with the network but decided against continuing there.

A settlement has cleared a merger of Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, with Warner Bros. Discovery, whose holdings include CNN. Anderson Cooper recently left 60 Minutes rather than work for Bari Weiss.