CNN will cut 6% of its current workforce as part of CEO Mark Thompson ‘s continuing efforts to build up the Warner Bros. Discovery outlet’s digital and broadband acumen as the audience flocking to its flagship cable network continues to wane. Many of his plans, telegraphed in a series of memos over recent months, have been expected.

The cable news pioneer will lay off hundreds of employees as it slims down its TV production to build around a more digital-focused strategy.