Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international anchor, plans to leave the news network next June after working there for more than four decades.
“After more than 43 years at CNN, Christiane has decided that the time is right to begin a new chapter,” Mark Thompson, CNN’s chief executive, said in a letter to newsroom employees.
Thompson said Amanpour, 68, plans to “scale back” her eponymous CNN International show to once a week early in 2027.
“The program will conclude in May,” Thompson added, “and she will leave CNN at the end of June.”
“Christiane has thought carefully about this decision, and she and I have been discussing it for some months,” Thompson said. “Like so many CNNers who will hear the news today, I’m very sorry to see her go, but l’ve come to accept that this is the right time for her, both personally and professionally.”
Amanpour has covered nearly every major international conflict and global crisis of the last four decades.
She has also interviewed world leaders.
In a statement, Amanpour confirmed her departures from both CNN and PBS, where she hosts the talk show “Amanpour & Company.” She also thanked “the amazingly talented people I’ve worked with throughout this incredible journey,” especially her “beloved show teams and field crews.”
“We together battled to seek the facts, the evidence and the humanity, so that CNN could always broadcast the truth about the world and to the world, without fear nor favor,” Amanpour said in part.
She added that her tenure at CNN has lasted longer than many marriages.
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