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Anchors Away: TV-News Veterans Exit Ahead of Ratings Challenges, Digital Change in 2025
A significant number of top TV news anchors are leaving their networks just as the outlets face big challenges and changes in 2025
What’s more, CNN this week goes on trial in a defamation suit that has a plaintiff seeking $1 billion after a 2021 report on the network questioned the activities of a security consultant aiding people who wanted to escape Afghanistan. And its Fox News unit is expected to face a defamation lawsuit as soon as this year levied by voting-technology firm Smartmatic that seeks $2 billion for debunked claims aired on the network about that company’s role in rigging the 2020 presidential election, which was conducted legally and without interference. Fox News, MSNBC and CNN are widely expected to rely at present on current staffers to fill vacancies made by the exits of Wallace, Mitchell and Cavuto, according to people familiar with each situation.
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