The job cuts are the result of a merger with Skydance, the Hollywood studio founded by David Ellison.

The owner of CNN, HBO and the Warner Bros. movie studio revealed that it has received acquisition interest from multiple suitors.

The layoffs come ahead of a corporate spinoff that will formally separate the parent company of NBC News from cable networks like MSNBC and CNBC.

Bari Weiss, a co-founder of The Free Press, will become editor in chief of CBS News.

Ms. Weiss, a co-founder of the site, would become editor in chief of CBS News, people briefed on the talks said.

Mr. Cavanagh will run the media giant alongside Brian L. Roberts, its longtime chairman and chief executive, in a clear sign of succession planning.

The column, by editor at large Geoffrey Ingersoll, calls for “blood in the streets” in response to violence against conservatives.

The company is one of two that has been pre-empting Mr. Kimmel’s show since he returned this week.

The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Together, the two TV station groups control more than 20 percent of ABC’s local affiliates. They won’t be airing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”