Shannon Finney, Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images CNN’s CEO is attempting to manage his staffers’ alarm as the network prepares to be acquired by a major Trump media ally on Thursday night. Mark Thompson, 68, sent a message to the CNN staff Thursday night to help mitigate panic after Paramount Skydance, helmed by nepo baby David Ellison, succeeded in the bidding war to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the network’s owner. Read more at The Daily Beast.