CNN的新所有人会想要改变一切吗？目前还不会。在各电视网母公司即将合并之际，大卫·埃利森（David Ellison）正通过谈判让CNN首席执行官马克·汤普森（Mark Thompson）留任，且不会置于CBS总编辑巴里·韦斯（Bari Weiss）的监管之下。
Will CNN’s New Owner Want to Change Everything? Not for Now. David Ellison is negotiating to keep CNN’s chief executive, Mark Thompson, in place without oversight from Bari Weiss, the CBS editor in chief, when the networks’ parent companies merge.
几个月来，对于派拉蒙（Paramount）斥资1110亿美元收购华纳兄弟探索公司（Warner Bros. Discovery）的交易，怀疑论者一直在猜测，这位掌管合并后公司的科技界后代可能会对CNN做出多大程度的改变。事实证明：改变不大。至少目前如此。
For months, skeptics of Paramount’s $111 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery have wondered how much David Ellison, the tech scion in charge of the combined company, might want to change CNN. As it turns out: not much. For now, at least.
据两位知情人士透露，埃利森正在敲定一项协议，让CNN现任首席执行官马克·汤普森继续担任该电视网的最高领导人，至少在未来一年内保持不变。由于细节尚未最终敲定，这些知情人士要求匿名。
Mr. Ellison is working out a deal to keep Mark Thompson, CNN’s current chief executive, in place as the network’s top leader for at least the next year, according to two people with knowledge of the talks who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details were not yet finalized.
根据正在成型的计划，埃利森挑选来管理CBS新闻（CBS News）的主流媒体异见批评者巴里·韦斯，在交易完成时将继续担任其现有职务。其中一位知情人士以及另一位熟悉谈判情况的人士表示，目前预计她不会承担对CNN的编辑或运营监督职责。
Under the plan taking shape, Bari Weiss, the contrarian critic of mainstream media that Mr. Ellison picked to run CBS News, would remain in her current role as the deal closed. For the time being, she is not expected to take on editorial or operational oversight of CNN, according to one of those people and another person familiar with the negotiations.
这两人补充说，韦斯仍得到了埃利森家族的支持，她的角色最终可能会发生变化。
Ms. Weiss retains the support of the Ellison family, and her role could eventually change, the two people added.
派拉蒙对华纳兄弟探索公司的收购将打造一个媒体巨头，将CBS新闻和CNN、流媒体服务HBO和Paramount+以及华纳兄弟（Warner Bros.）和派拉蒙影业（Paramount Pictures）这两大电影制片厂置于同一家公司旗下。在经历了几个月的法律诉讼推迟后，该交易计划于下周完成。
Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will create a media giant that places CBS News and CNN, the streaming services HBO and Paramount+ and two major movie studios, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures, under the same corporate umbrella. The deal is scheduled to close next week after a legal battle that delayed its completion for several months.
在目前仍在进行的谈判中，汤普森一直坚持保留其独立运营该电视网的权力，不受其他高管的干涉。
In the negotiations, which are ongoing, Mr. Thompson has long insisted on preserving his authority to operate the network independently, without interference from other executives.