CNN Memo outlines new strategy and 100 job losses.

EXCLUSIVE: Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson outlines major overhaul in a company memo.

CNN chief Mark Thompson unveiled his new strategy today at Hudson Yards and is axing 100 positions as part of the newsroom rethink and a push into AI. CNN will move to a single international multimedia news operation, according to a memo sent to staff this morning. 

Select staff were called to morning meetings to find they are being laid off. CNN employs some 3,500 people, the memo said.