CNN shutting down Hong Kong program

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After announcing plans to cut 90 minutes of programming from its London facility, CNN is now cancelling “News Stream” — a daily show produced from its Hong Kong newsroom.

• The moves mean that no regularly scheduled programming will be produced from Hong Kong once the show stops airing.
• “News Stream” and the London based programming aired on CNN International.
• After becoming part of AT&T, execs have embarked on a series of cost cutting moves.
• Select staffers at the flagship U.S. channel were offered buyouts earlier this year.
• WarnerMedia, meanwhile, moved into a new headquarters in Hudson Yards earlier this year.
• Plans for the move were put into place before AT&T bought Time Warner and renamed it WarnerMedia.

NEW: In what some insiders calling part of a pivot away from Asia, CNN is axing News Stream – the daily news show broadcast from Hong Kong.

It means that from August, CNN Hong Kong will contribute no scheduled programming to CNN International’s broadcast rotation.

— Mark Di Stefano ?? (@MarkDiStef) June 3, 2019