Members of Licht's Exec Team Get The Boot At CNN

Following the announcement Wednesday that CNN head Chris Licht is out of the company after an embarrassing profile in the Atlantic, Page Six hears that senior leaders of the PR team who let it happen are also on their way out.

A source tells Page Six at The NY Post that network execs are cleaning house in the communications department, which oversaw the article that laid bare everything from Licht’s distaste for its journalists’ work under the previous boss to his workout routine.

Page Six also reports senior vice president of communications Matt Dornic — who made several appearances in the article “Inside the Meltdown at CNN” as an “omnipresent” figure and is described as “a mainstay of Licht’s small entourage” — has been given the boot.

Another source says that EVP and global head of communications and marketing Kris Coratti Kelly was cleaning out her desk.  Kelly, formerly of the Washington Post, was brought into the role by Licht last July as he was filling out his leadership team.

Several people will be stepping in for Licht while the network looks for a replacement. Amy Entelis, EVP of talent and content development, Virginia Moseley, EVP of editorial, and Eric Sherling, EVP of US programming, as well as David Leavy, chief operating officer, will take over as leadership while execs conduct what Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav called “a thorough internal and external search” for a new CEO.