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An earthquake in the media world to tell you about
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Warner Brothers Discovery, the parent company of CNN and HBO, says it's open to a sale
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The move comes after the company announced plans to split in two, one side for entertainment and streaming, the other for news and sports
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But now, as the New York Times first reported, bidders are already lining up
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Among them, David Ellison, who just took control of Paramount and recently spent $150 million buying Barry Weiss's Free Press and made her editor-in-chief of CBS News
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If that deal goes through, it would put CNN and CBS under the same roof, two of America's legacy news brands in one empire
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Warner Brothers Discovery CEO says the company is reviewing alternatives after getting unsolicited offers
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Other potential suitors include Netflix and Comcast, according to CNBC. For CNN, it's the latest turn in a long string of ownership changes and an uncertain question
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Who owns the future of that news organization