CNN has told staff it is moving its much-hyped Chris Licht era morning show, This Morning , from New York to its Atlanta headquarters, two people familiar with the matter have told The Hollywood Reporter .
The show’s 50-person team have been told they can reapply for jobs within the network, according to the people familiar. Phil Mattingly and Poppy Harlow will be moving to new roles, per sources.
CNN will move up its News Central show, hosted by John Berman and Kate Bolduan, to help fill the time slot. Early Start host Kasie Hunt will anchor from 5am-7am ET, News Central moves from 7 am to 10 am and Jim Acosta signs on at 10 am ET.
The network declined comment.
CNN’s new chief, Mark Thompson, sent a note to staffers, below:
Dear all,
I wanted to let the whole CNN family know about changes we informed our US cable morning programming team of earlier today, which will go into effect later this month.