As first reported last year by Puck’s Dylan Byers and then confirmed last week in detail by former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy, CNN pulled the trigger Thursday on massive layoffs — to the tune of roughly 200 people — at the once proud network-turned-Resistance-hive-turned-ratings gadfly.
CNN boss Mark Thompson announced the six-percent workforce cut would be accompanied by a massive expansion on its digital side (so, CNN.com) and huge changes to its TV schedule starting in March. They include Wolf Blitzer taking The Situation Room to mid-mornings Eastern time and team with Pamela Brown.
Unfortunately for carnival barker Jim Acosta, his role at the network is in serious limbo and could reportedly end up at midnight Eastern (if he doesn’t quit outright).
Darcy reported last week that Thompson had floated the notion of having Acosta keep his job,…
