Warner Bros. Honcho David Zaslav Fired CNN’s Chris Licht During Early Morning Central Park Walk

About two hours after their Central Park walk, Zaslav informed CNN staff that Licht was no longer with the network.

“For a number of reasons things didn’t work out, and that’s unfortunate,” the Warner Bros. executive said on the staff call. “This job was never going to be easy.”

While Licht was able to dodge consequences of viewer’s outrage over Donald Trump‘s messy town hall, as well as internal strife over former anchor Don Lemon, it appeared that a recent article from The Atlantic was the final nail in Licht’s CNN coffin.