Christiane Amanpour leaves CNN after 43 years

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Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN. The chief international affairs correspondent announced her departure after 43 years at the network in a memo to staff.

As Variety, Deadline and the Hollywood Reporter report in agreement, Amanpour plans to wind down her role at CNN by the end of this year and to leave definitively in June. Deadline specifies the timing as June 2027.

Amanpour began her journalistic career at the network as a news assistant in the foreign newsroom, as Variety writes. Over the decades she built a reputation as one of the most widely traveled correspondents and became the face of CNN's international reporting.

After many months of thought and a few sleepless nights, I have decided to separate from CNN, my partner of 43 fantastic […]

The Hollywood Reporter describes the move as a "shocker" for the network. A public statement from CNN was not initially available according to the reports on hand.

Updated: 10:00 a.m., more details to follow.