Shortly after noon on Feb. 2, WarnerMedia Chief Executive
Jason Kilar
held a video call with top CNN executives to explain his decision to replace
Jeff Zucker,
the cable news channel’s long-serving president.
Mr. Kilar, who joined from a conference room in CNN’s Hudson Yards headquarters in New York, sat at the head of the table where Mr. Zucker normally conducted his 9 a.m. news meetings, people familiar with the situation said. That rankled some CNN executives, the people said.
Mr. Zucker resigned last week, saying he failed to disclose a consensual romantic relationship with a top aide, communications and marketing chief
Allison Gollust.
His sudden exit has highlighted long-simmering tensions between Mr. Kilar, who consolidated control over CNN in a 2020 WarnerMedia…
