The man behind The New York Times' digital turnaround is trying to pull off another transformation — this time with CNN's new streaming service.

Last week, CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was up for sale and said it had received “multiple” expressions of interest—insisting that Paramount Skydance, which has been circling the network under new boss David Ellison, was not the only suitor.

CNN CEO ‘feeling confident’ on launch of All Access subscription service, but possible ownership change might complicate plans.

Lawrence O'Donnell also called CNN CEO Mark Thompson "an Englishman who thinks paying Scott Jennings to lie about Donald Trump is money very well spent.”

The boss of CNN (aka one of America’s most powerful newsrooms) recently popped over to the White House for a private meeting at the West Wing. The next day, he told reporters to cool it on coverage critical of the President.