Christiane Amanpour announces she will leave CNN next June
Amanpour will keep hosting a weekly CNN International show through May and continue her podcast as CNN faces a new owner.
- On Monday, CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour announced she will leave the network in June 2027, ending a 43-year career and scaling back daily programming by year-end.
- Amanpour will conclude her PBS program "Amanpour & Company" in December, then shift her daily CNN series to weekly format in January 2027 before the program ends in May.
- CNN CEO Mark Thompson called Amanpour "one of the most trusted and beloved journalists anywhere" and said the network will celebrate her contributions before her departure.
- After leaving CNN, Amanpour will continue her podcast "The Ex-Files," produced by Global with former husband Jamie Rubin, and pursue new projects.
- The announcement follows an $81 billion buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery by David Ellison; Amanpour previously expressed "concern" regarding an "ideological realignment" at news outlets during a London appearance.
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Christian Amanpour, CNN's war correspondent and prominent foreign correspondent, has announced his departure from the television station after 43 years of service.
The 68-year-old worked for 43 years for her home station, reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall or the Gulf War. The background is apparently the takeover of CNN's mother Warner Bros. by Paramount Skydance, whose head is close to US President Trump.
Longtime CNN journalist and anchor Christiane Amanpour, who began her career as a low-level assistant and became one of the most famous television correspondents and anchors, reporting from war zones and other conflict zones for decades, is preparing to leave the television channel after 43 years.
CNN presenter Christiane Amanpour is leaving the network after 43 years. In a farewell message, she says she will end her program Amanpour next May; daily broadcasts will already be scaled down to once a week starting early next year. Amanpour (68) started as an assistant at the news network in 1983, when it was only three years old. Although she was initially told by her boss that she was not cut out to become a correspondent, she grew into on…
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CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour leaving network after a storied career of 43 years
Christiane Amanpour will be leaving CNN after 43 years. The network's longtime anchor plans to scale back her daily show, “Amanpour,” on CNN International to once a week starting in 2027. She will end her show in May and leave…
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