From a New York Times story by Benjamin Mullin and John Koblin headlined “CNN Is Expected to Pick Mark Thompson as Next Leader”:

Mark Thompson, a former chief executive of The New York Times and leader of the BBC, is expected to be named the next top executive of CNN.

Some senior executives at Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, have already been informed of the decision to hire Mr. Thompson, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because some executives at CNN hadn’t yet been informed of the decision.