{"id":2687935,"date":"2026-10-19T17:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T21:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/43-year-cnn-veteran-announces-her-departure-weeks-after-paramount-takes-over-network\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T21:40:02","slug":"43-year-cnn-veteran-announces-her-departure-weeks-after-paramount-takes-over-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/43-year-cnn-veteran-announces-her-departure-weeks-after-paramount-takes-over-network\/","title":{"rendered":"43-Year CNN Veteran Announces Her Departure Weeks After Paramount Takes Over Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F43-year-cnn-veteran-announces-her-departure-weeks-after-paramount-takes-over-network%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2687935&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Christiane Amanpour, CNN\u2019s chief international anchor, confirmed reports on Monday that she will be leaving the network next June.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes just weeks after Paramount Skydance finalized its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, which is the parent company of CNN, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/media\/cnns-christiane-amanpour-depart-network-43-years-rcna604365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter thinking carefully for several months and experiencing a few sleepless nights, as you can imagine, I\u2019ve decided to separate from CNN, my partner for 43 fantastic years, longer than many marriages,\u201d Amanpour said.<\/p>\n<p>She joined the network a few years after CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/june-1\/cnn-launches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> in 1980.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this daily show on CNN and PBS will come to an end at the end of this year, but CNN and I have worked out a smooth transition while I continue doing \u2018Amanpour\u2019 once a week through to June,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow you know I\u2019ve always been fiercely independent, and I will continue to be that for you for as long as I am here, and beyond,\u201d Amanpour pledged.<\/p>\n<p>She concluded, \u201cThat\u2019s especially important today as we face unprecedented pressures from all sides \u2014 political, financial, and also from the rising dangers in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An update from me\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/AKLOEekEO2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/amanpour\/status\/2112232220114997700?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many on the left, like Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and <a href=\"https:\/\/liccardo.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/lawmakers-demand-doj-and-treasury-scrutinize-antitrust-and-national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a> of Massachusetts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/sen-elizabeth-warren-letter-doj-wbd-sale-paramount-1236430180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed<\/a> the Paramount merger with Warner, fearing the impact it might have on CNN\u2019s newsroom, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allsides.com\/news-source\/cnn-media-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reliably liberal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control:<\/p>\n<p>TikTok<br \/> CBS<br \/> CNN<br \/> HBO<br \/> Discovery Channel<br \/> BET<br \/> Cartoon Network<br \/> Comedy Central<br \/> DC Studios<br \/> Fandango<br \/> Miramax<br \/> MTV<br \/> Nickelodeon<br \/> Paramount<br \/> PlutoTV<br \/> Showtime<br \/> TBS<br \/> The CW<br \/> TNT<br \/> Warner Bros.<br \/> And more<\/p>\n<p>This is oligarchy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/2031744012080521320?\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-ags-hollywood-stars-werent-powerful-enough-stop-paramount-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Ellison<\/a>, the CEO of Paramount, is a friend of President Donald Trump\u2019s and has attended events at the White House, but he has downplayed the relationship, saying they are not \u201cespecially close,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/david-ellison-donald-trump-maga-close-larry-1236724162\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a good relationship with this administration. We also had a good relationship with the Biden administration,\u201d Ellison told reporters earlier this month, also noting he has a \u201cgood relationship with Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to talk to everyone on both sides of the aisle,\u201d Ellison said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to politicize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will Chamberlain of the Edmund Burke Foundation argued in an April <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/will-chamberlain\/2026\/04\/02\/democrats-panic-as-conservative-billionaire-shakes-up-media-empire-n2673818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece<\/a> after Paramount\u2019s holders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/06\/paramount-wbd-deal-timeline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved<\/a> the company\u2019s merger plans with Warner that under Ellison\u2019s ownership, CBS News \u2014 a subsidiary of Paramount \u2014 has appeared to tack back toward the center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe bought news site The Free Press and installed its founder \u2014 anti-woke, classical liberal Bari Weiss \u2014 as CBS\u2019s editor-in-chief,\u201d Chamberlain noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe change was obvious right away,\u201d he continued. \u201cWeiss refused to allow a story about President Trump\u2019s deportation policy to run without proper context. Then, at a time when most mainstream outlets were scoffing at the administration\u2019s war on health care fraud, CBS sent a reporter to pound the pavement and discover the true extent of these scams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chamberlain concluded, \u201cMainstream media outlets that cultivate genuine intellectual diversity and follow stories wherever they lead seemed like an impossible dream just a few years ago. 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