Chris Licht To Step Down At CNN: Reports

CNN’s embattled chief Chris Licht will reportedly step down from the role, according to multiple news reports.

He will be succeeded by Amy Entelis, a CNN executive, for the interim period, according to Puck’s Dylan Byers.

Licht was under fire following a series of controversies, including hosting a town hall with former President Donald Trump, which were detailed in a damaging profile by The Atlantic Friday.

While Licht apologized to CNN staffers during the network’s 9 a.m. editorial call on Monday for becoming a distraction and vowed to fight to earn back their trust, it seems the writing was already on the wall for Licht.

CNN’s own media reporter Oliver Darcy had reported that many people within the organization shared the consensus that Licht had “lost the room.”

Licht was tapped by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav last year to take over after Jeff Zucker resigned citing an undisclosed relationship with then-CNN colleague Allison Gollust.