CNN Pulled From HBO Max Ahead of New Streaming Service Launch

HBO Max subscribers will lose their live CNN news programming next month.

Two years after adding live CNN programming, the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service will cut its CNN Max offering beginning Nov. 17, the company says.

The decision comes as CNN is set to launch a new direct-to-consumer streaming offering later this fall, and with CNN among the cable channels set to be cleaved off from WBD next year in the company’s split. Most live sports programming on HBO Max is also expected to leave the platform at some point as well, with Discovery Inc. developing plans for its own sports offering.

While live CNN programming will vanish from HBO Max next month, the platform will remain the home for selected CNN originals, including Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown , Stanley Tu