David Ellison Is Shaking Up CBS News; CNN Looks to Be Next

David Ellison during a Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles.

Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

During his Thursday night newscast, CNN anchor Jake Tapper found himself in an awkward position: reporting on the sale of his employer, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., to Paramount Skydance Corp.

“We have some breaking news in our national lead that affects everybody I’m looking at right now in the studio,” Tapper said.