Sunday, July 5, 2026

Media Alert: Brian Stelter, “Reliable Sources” Staff OUT at CNN, Condolences to NBC’s Richard Engel

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CNN’s Brian Stelter has confirmed after many reports that he’s out at CNN, his show, “Reliable Sources,” has been cancelled. Other reports say the whole staff has been let go.

CNN’s new leader Chris Licht, and new owner David Zaslav, are determined to overhaul the network. This is a sure sign that they’re on their way. Stelter was a workhorse who was completely devoted to the network and his show. But low ratings are not going to be tolerated at the revamped news network.

Stelter will turn up somewhere good. He’s too smart and talented not to…

At NBC condolences to super foreign correspondent Richard Engel. He and his wife, Mary, have announced the death of their six year old son, Henry, from neurological disorder RETT Syndrome. Engel wrote on Twitter: “Our beloved son Henry passed away.  He had the softest blue eyes, an easy smile and a contagious giggle.  We always surrounded him with love and he returned it, and so much more.  Mary and Richard.”

We’re very sorry for their loss.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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