KC Estenson, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com, is being let go amid major cuts at the news outlet, according to a source at CNN.
Estenson, who has been with CNN since 2008, is among the most senior employees to get swept up, as parent company Time Warner executes a major cost cutting effort. On Wednesday, Susan Grant, executive vice president of news services at the company, was let go.
[seealso slug=http://sale-online.click/2014/10/15/zuckerberg-doesnt-matter/%5D%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EThis week, CNN eliminated the New York staff of Christiane Amanpour, the network's London-based chief international correspondent.
A CNN spokesperson declined to comment but confirmed Estenson's exit.
CNN and its sister network HLN are reportedly in the middle of cutting 300 jobs, which amounts to about 8% of its headcount. Crossfire has also been canceled.
Turner Broadcasting, which owns a variety of TV channels including CNN, TNT and TBS, had recently announced "Turner 2020," an effort to restructure in the wake of a changing television business.
CORRECTION: Christiane Amanpour's New York staff was cut -- not her entire staff, as was earlier implied.