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.

Warner Bros Discovery-owned CNN will lay off about 6% of its workforce as the TV news outlet continues to shift its focus toward a more digital-centric strategy, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Thursday.