UPDATED, 9:16 AM: Some of the major cutbacks at CNN are occurring at HLN, which will cease live programming and will partner with Investigation Discovery to produce its true-crime slate.
A simulcast of CNN This Morning will take the place of HLN Morning Express with Robin Meade, according to a source with knowledge of the plans.
Meade is leaving the network along with staffers who were part of the layoffs, and Weekend Express also will be dropped from the schedule.
CNN This Morning is the new title of CNN’s retooled morning show, a key priority of CNN Worldwide’s chairman and CEO Chris Licht.
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