马克·汤普森哪儿也不会去。
Mark Thompson isn't going anywhere.
在派拉蒙收购新闻巨头华纳兄弟探索公司的母公司之际,戴维·埃里森决定继续让这位CNN最高主管任职。
David Ellison is keeping CNN's top executive in place as Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery, the news giant's parent company.
汤普森自2023年10月起领导CNN,他周一告诉员工,自己将留在该电视台,并担任董事长兼总编辑。
Thompson, who's led CNN since October 2023, told staffers on Monday that he's staying at the network. His title will be chairman and editor-in-chief.
汤普森在一份由《Business Insider》获得的备忘录中表示:“我确信,从戴维·埃里森开始,派拉蒙斯基丹的领导层确实把新闻与娱乐并列为新公司最重要的战略机遇之一。”
"I'm convinced that from David Ellison on down, Paramount Skydance leadership really does believe in news alongside entertainment as a top strategic opportunity for our new company," Thompson said in a memo obtained by Business Insider.
汤普森告诉员工,他“真心相信”埃里森会“理解并全力支持CNN始终秉持的那种独立新闻的原则与实践”。
Thompson told employees he has "real confidence" that Ellison will "understand and will fully support the principle and practice of the kind of independent news that CNN has always stood for."
汤普森说,埃里森领导下的新传媒集团高层已经“了解了我们的数字战略,而且和我们一样为它感到兴奋”。
Leadership at Ellison's new-look media giant has "seen our digital strategy and are as excited about it as we are," Thompson said.
此前,在派拉蒙完成收购华纳兄弟探索公司的巨型交易后,CNN最高主管曾提醒员工,不要假定该电视台会与CBS新闻合并。
CNN's top boss previously told staffers not to assume that the network would combine with CBS News after Paramount completed its mega-deal to buy Warner Bros.
一位知情人士称,在9月的一次全员大会上,CNN首席执行官马克·汤普森曾告诉员工:“不要贸然得出我们将与CBS新闻成为一体的结论。”
Discovery. "Don't jump to conclusions that we become one with CBS News," CNN CEO Mark Thompson had told staffers at a September town hall, a person familiar with the meeting said.
派拉蒙与华纳兄弟探索公司的这笔重磅交易将把CNN和CBS新闻纳入同一屋檐下,同时涵盖两大电影制片厂、HBO、HBO Max、Paramount+、Pluto TV以及众多有线电视频道。
The blockbuster Paramount-WBD deal will put CNN and CBS News under one roof — along with two major movie studios, HBO, HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, and a slew of cable TV channels.
派拉蒙预计将于周二完成对华纳兄弟探索公司的收购;几周前,该公司与对方就阻碍合并进程的诉讼达成了和解。
Paramount's WBD acquisition is expected to close on Tuesday, weeks after it settled the lawsuits slowing down the merger.
作为和解的一部分,派拉蒙将成立一个独立编辑委员会,监督CNN和CBS新闻的编辑原则。
As part of the settlement, Paramount will create an independent editorial board that will monitor editorial principles at both CNN and CBS News.
该委员会将通过首席合规官向合并后实体的公司董事会汇报。
It will report to the combined entity's corporate board through its chief compliance officer.
除此之外,对于CNN和CBS新闻在共同所有权下将如何运营,派拉蒙首席执行官戴维·埃里森并未透露太多。
Otherwise, Paramount CEO David Ellison hasn't said much about how CNN and CBS News will operate under common ownership.
这位媒体大亨曾表示有兴趣打造一项“规模化新闻服务”,但尚未公开说明具体方案。
The media mogul has expressed interest in building a "scaled news service," though he hasn't publicly given specifics.
请阅读下方汤普森致CNN员工的完整备忘录:
Read Thompson's full memo to CNN employees below: