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Chris Licht mixes with CNN anchors, narrowly misses Don Lemon at Mediaite anniversary party

Licht infamously let Lemon go last year before he also was ousted at the news network in a Warner Bros. Discovery shake-up.

Awkward sauce on menu when ex-CNN CEO Chris Licht avoids Jeff Zucker and Don Lemon at Polo Bar

The former CNN president and anchor were there celebrating power agent Jay Sures' birthday, as Licht was seated across the dining room.

Ousted CNN boss Chris Licht shows up in Africa

Savanna spies tell us that Licht —- who has very publicly fired in June after a disastrous stint as the head of CNN —- has spent his summer on safari.

Ex-boss Jeff Zucker is still 'sounding board' for stressed CNN staff

The former CNN honcho is apparently still a mentor for the network's distressed workers after the departure of embattled Chris Licht.

Don Lemon and Jeff Zucker live it up as former colleagues suffer at CNN

The longtime news pals were spotted having dinner in the Hamptons as CNN digs itself out of the grim Chris Licht era.

Ex-CNN heavies Don Lemon and Jeff Zucker vacation together in Italy

Page Six hears of an intriguing group vacation in Italy, where three powerful, ousted CNN bigs are enjoying aperitivi with a major media macher.

Unemployed ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon living it up in Hamptons for summer

Lemon has been making the most of his time off after exiting CNN by hitting the beach, and hanging out at swanky parties in the Hamptons.

CNN 'moving to fix' problems that 'mired' network under ex-CEO Licht

Licht’s changes at the network — down to the on-screen graphics he put in place — are being undone.

Don Lemon claims CNN fired him for refusing to put 'liars and bigots' on-air

"I think that would be a dereliction of journalistic duty to do those sorts of things," Lemon shared during his first sit-down interview since his firing.

Chris Licht celebrates humiliating CNN ouster with fancy dinner, Nancy Pelosi

Needless to say, and perhaps by design, the news spread quickly through the embattled network, where one reeling staffer called the move "gross."

Don Lemon boats in Hamptons same day CNN's Chris Licht sinks as CEO

Lemon was hanging in the Hamptons on the same day that Licht, who'd previously axed him from the network, stepped down as CNN's CEO.

CNN PR execs who oversaw devastating Atlantic profile of Chris Licht get the boot

While the comms team is still in tact, we hear SVP of communications Matt Dornic and others who oversaw a damaging all-access article getting the boot.

CNN's Chris Licht blindsided by ouster, had meetings on calendar

We're told that after a mortifying profile in the Atlantic was published over the weekend, the infamously confident CEO expected to ride it out.

CNN corporate head David Zaslav takes 'full responsibility' for disastrous Chris Licht tenure

"For a number of reasons, things didn't work and that's unfortunate and ultimately that's on me," Zaslav told network staffers Wednesday at its Hudson Yards HQ.

Gym 'machine' Chris Licht's 50-pound weight loss actually aided by Ozempic: sources

“He was the first person I ever heard the word Ozempic from,” a source told Page Six of CNN CEO Chris Licht, who was profiled in the Atlantic.

CNN staff divided over loyalties to execs as Don Lemon drama lingers

"There are disgruntled pro-Zucker” staffers who are seemingly pro Don, and “pro Licht” supporters, said an insider.

Stephen Colbert called meeting to 'calm the panic' over Chris Licht exit

The "Late Show" host had a "rather jovial" Zoom call with staffers Saturday after news broke that their showrunner was leaving to replace Jeff Zucker at CNN.

Ex-MSNBC producer barred from 30 Rock

The security personnel at 30 Rockefeller Plaza have a special list of former NBC employees who are barred from the building, as Chris Licht learned last week. Licht worked for...