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On January 29, 2024, Nine Media Corporation announced the closure of CNN Philippines, which ceased its live news productions effective immediately, and shut down entirely on January 31, citing financial losses and to shift its focus on the operations of their sister channel, Aliw Channel 23.{{Cite web|url= https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/29/cnn-philippines-cessation-of-operations.html| title=Statement on the cessation of operations of CNN Philippines|publisher=CNN Philippines|date=January 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131105204/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/29/cnn-philippines-cessation-of-operations.html|archive-date=January 31, 2024|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://manilastandard.net/business/314410436/nine-media-owner-confirms-cnn-philippines-shutdown.html|title=Nine Media owner confirms CNN Philippines shutdown|publisher=Manila Standard|date=January 26, 2024|accessdate=January 26, 2024|author=Amojelar, Darwin G.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/business/cnn-philippines-shuts-down-january-2024/|title=CNN Philippines shuts down as losses mount|first=Ralf|last=Rivas|work=Rappler|date=January 29, 2024|access-date=January 29, 2024}}{{Cite web|last=Fenol|first=Jessica|last2=Pascual|first2=Jekki|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/29/24/cnn-philippines-announces-shutdown-amid-financial-woes|title=CNN Philippines announces shutdown amid financial woes|publisher=ABS-CBN News|date=January 29, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024}}{{Cite web|last=Cabuenas|first=Jon Viktor D.|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/895694/cnn-philippines-to-stop-operations-january-31/story/|title=CNN Philippines to stop operations January 31|publisher=GMA Integrated News|date=January 29, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024}}{{Cite web|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/cnn-philippines-closure-1235807330/|title=CNN Philippines To Shutter; Cites Financial Losses|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 29, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024}} Nine Media President Benjamin Ramos said "the employees were given their severance package and their salary for the whole month of February."{{Cite web|url= https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/01/30/news/national/cnn-ph-employees-get-severance-pay/1930258| title= CNN PH employees get severance pay|first=Ed |last=Salting|website=Manila Bulletin|date=January 30, 2024 }}

Prior to the closure, Nine Media Corporation's indirect parent Broadreach Media took over the operations and assets of the former's news organization, which includes most of its news presenters and its editorial/management staff.

On June 7, 2024, NewsWatch Plus was formally announced and it is independently operating as a digital multicasting news service. The said launch is a revival of RPN's flagship newscast NewsWatch. It was soft launched online on July 1, 2024, via YouTube and X accounts that were formerly used by CNN Philippines.{{cite news |last1=Rivas |first1=Ralf |title=RPN 9’s NewsWatch to be revived |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/rpn9-newswatch-revival/ |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=Rappler |date=15 May 2024}}

On August 22, 2024, NewsWatch Plus has been granted the rights to archive CNN Philippines content from Nine Media Corporation.{{cite news |title=NewsWatch Plus granted content archive rights by predecessor CNN Philippines |url=https://cmfr-phil.org/chronicle/newswatch-plus-granted-content-archive-rights-by-predecessor-cnn-philippines/ |access-date=29 October 2024 |publisher=Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility |date=6 September 2024}}

Since its launch, NewsWatch Plus launched originally-produced digital programs while keeping most of its predecessor's remaining programs and past archived videos. Programming features NewsWatch Live, a rolling daily news bulletin, and NewsWatch Now, a primetime evening news bulletin.

It is currently airing archives of public affairs content through RPTV (the terrestrial successor channel of the former, jointly run by RPN/Nine Media and TV5 Network), and as primetime block on its partial sister station Aliw Channel 23 since August 12. On July 3, 2024, NewsWatch Plus announced that it would produce new episodes for its programs and provide access to CNN Philippines archives for subscribers.{{cite news |last=Ramos |first=Kayla |date=2024-07-04 |title=New channel NewsWatch Plus to archive CNN Philippines content |url=https://www.wheninmanila.com/newswatch-plus-archive-cnn-philippines-content/ |access-date=4 July 2024 |work=When in Manila}} It also kept its paid/sponsored shows and segments with San Miguel Corporation.

• Batas Et Al
• Building Bridges
• Culinary Chronicles
• Get Fit
• Manila Conversations with Tristan Nodalo
• MedTalk Health Talk
• NewsWatch Interviews
• NewsWatch Live (9am, 12nn, and 3pm editions)
• NewsWatch Now
• One Small Act
• T3
• The Newsmaker: Just The Facts
• The Other Office with Lois Calderon
• The Scoop (sponsored segment)
• The Story of the Filipino
• Zoom In with Menchu Macapagal

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