First on WebNewser: CNN.com Live is shutting down its anchor-driven newscasts as of tomorrow.
WebNewser has learned Reggie Aqui, Nicole Lapin, Naamua Delaney and Melissa Long, the four primary anchors of CNN.com Live, are being let go as are several production staffers.
In an email, obtained by WebNewser, CNN.com SVP KC Estenson writes, CNN.com Live will shift resources, “to create a unit focused on streaming major live events, producing video packages especially for CNN.com and increasing our overall on-demand offering.”
The shift also means CNN.com will be adding several new positions “focused on original video production” before the end of the year.
Estenson’s note, after the jump…
Fire up the ole’ Internets, because CNN is turning its one-hour financial special tonight into a two-hour online extravaganza.
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