Legal correspondent Paula Reid expected to join MS NOW after CNN departure

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Set us as preferred As CNN prepares for change under a new owner, the network’s chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid is heading for the exit and expected to jump to MS NOW.The Washington-based Reid’s contract with CNN is up in several months and she has told the network she does not plan to renew.She is expected to sign on with CNN competitor MS NOW, according to people familiar with her plans who were not authorized to comment publicly.A representative for MS NOW said the network does not comment on personnel matters but added, “as everyone in Washington knows, Paula Reid is an exceptional reporter, and any news organization would be fortunate to showcase her journalism.”Reid‘s planned departure comes ahead of the impending merger of CNN parent Warner Bros.

Discovery and Paramount.The combination has led to speculation over who will run CNN, and the uncertainty is said to have played a factor in Reid’s decision.She joined CNN from CBS News in 2021.CNN and Paramount’s CBS News will be combined after the merger, but the management structure is still under discussion.

Paramount put Bari Weiss, founder of the heterodox digital news site The Free Press in charge of CBS News in October, with a mandate to move the network’s coverage more to the political center.Based on the chaos that has ensued at CBS News under her watch, many CNN insiders are concerned over her possible stewardship of an even larger and more complex organization.CBS News executives and on-air talent have pushed back at Weiss’ efforts to make changes at the division, which many insiders have viewed as an attempt to placate the Trump White House while Paramount seeks regulatory approvals needed ahead of closing the $111 billion Warner Bros.

Discovery deal.Internal resistance to Weiss has been strongest at the venerable news magazine “...