CNN Says Outage Due To Technical Issue Across Warner Bros. Discovery
CNN experienced an outage on Monday in what the network said was a technical issue across Warner Bros. Discovery. Inside Politics host Dana Bash returned to the air at about 12:51 p.m. ET and told viewers, “Welcome back, and we are back. There was a technical issue across Warner Bros. Discovery that resulted in losing […]
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- First observed by CurrentWire: Variety · Aug 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM ET
- Coverage span: 9 min
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- Coverage growth: 1 → 2 publications in 35 min
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CNN Says Outage Due To Technical Issue Across Warner Bros. Discovery(opens original report in a new tab)VarietyTier B
CNN Blames ‘Technical Issue’ Across Warner Bros. Discovery for Channel Going Dark(opens original report in a new tab)CNN suffered glitches Monday that left the channel unviewable across multiple distribution points, a problem the news network attributed to a “technical issue” at parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. “We are aware of… — Variety
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- 31.1 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 3.5 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
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