As Paramount ‘s $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery gets closer to being completed, CNN is getting ready for what the merger will mean for the media company.

Warner Bros. is CNN’s parent company, meaning the news property will be a major part of the acquisition, alongside other assets including HBO and the Warner Bros. movie studio. This has left CNN staffers uncertain about the company’s future, given shifts that David Ellison has implemented at CBS News.

After closing Skydance’s $8 billion deal for Paramount Global last summer, Ellison appointed Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, which has led to many changes.…