REPORT: CNN’s Chris Cillizza Fired Among Massive Purge

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 05: Chris Cillizza speaks onstage during CNN Experience on March 05, 2020 in New York City. 749078 CNN Experience (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for WarnerMedia)

CNN’s political analyst Chris Cillizza was fired Thursday amid a massive shakeup at the company, according to a report.

Cillizza, who had signed a 3-year contract with the network in 2021, was cut Thursday, according to Variety. Among other correspondents fired include Alison Kiosk, Martin Savidge, Alex Field, and Mary Ann Fox, Variety reported.

Chris Cillizza is one of the CNN staffers who have been let go in the latest round of layoffs by Chris Licht, according to @bristei:https://t.co/ZWDKSjkEYs pic.twitter.com/c4KhRYsi3O

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) December 1, 2022

CEO Chris Licht announced Wednesday in a memo to staff that layoffs would be underway over the following few days. The executives said they would notify staff, mostly paid contributors, about their termination. Licht acknowledged the move would come as a “gut punch” to the network but that it was necessary.

“Our people are the heart and soul of this organization. It is incredibly hard to say goodbye to any one member of the CNN team, much less many,” Licht said in the statement, calling it a “recalibrated reporting strategy.”

CNN boss Chris Licht informs employees in an all-staff note that layoffs are underway.

Licht says those being notified today are largely paid contributors and then tomorrow CNN “will notify impacted employees.”

Licht will then provide an update to staff afterward. pic.twitter.com/nD0pt9Ruwj

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) November 30, 2022