CNN has let the ax fall on some of the network's biggest names:
Chris Licht, CNN's CEOThe cable news giant also scrapped all of HLN's live programming, including longtime host Robin Meade, 53, who was with the weekday Atlanta-based morning show for more than 21 years. It is estimated that her annual salary is $3 million, making her one of the highest paid female anchors in the business.
Business correspondent Alison Kosik, 51, who covers the New York Stock Exchange and has been at the network since 2007, was nixed. She earns an average annual salary of between $100,000 and $145,143.
Alexandra Field, 31, who covers major breaking news events for CNN and CNN International, and has reported from more than 20 countries was dismissed. She was working from the network's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. She earns an estimated annual salary of $144,167.
Martin Savidge, 64, an anchor and correspondent for CNN based in the network's world headquarters in Atlanta, who returned to the network in 2011 was let go.
Mary Ann Fox, Vice President of Northeast News, who oversaw the editorial direction and day-to-day operations of the New York Bureau, and had been at CNN since 2014, was also sacked this week. It's estimated that her yearly salary is $1 million.
The network also parted ways with several paid on-air contributors, reportedly New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser.
