Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN after 43 years
The veteran international anchor will scale back her CNN programme before departing the network next year.
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Christiane Amanpour has announced that she will leave CNN after 43 years with the network. The British-Iranian journalist will reduce her daily international programme to a weekly broadcast before ending her CNN role next year.
Amanpour announced the decision on Monday, saying she had decided to leave CNN after more than four decades. CNN confirmed the departure in an internal communication reported by the Associated Press.
Her programme, Amanpour, is expected to be reduced to once a week at the beginning of 2027. The programme is then due to end in May, with Amanpour leaving CNN the following month.
Amanpour joined CNN as an entry-level assistant and became one of the network’s most recognisable international correspondents and anchors. Her reporting career has included coverage of wars and major political crises across several decades.
She will also end Amanpour & Co, her programme for the US public broadcaster PBS, at the end of 2026. She is expected to continue her podcast, The Ex Files, which she presents with former husband Jamie Rubin.
Amanpour’s departure comes as CNN continues to adapt its international and US operations to changing viewing habits, competition from digital platforms and pressure on traditional television news. The company has not announced a successor for her international programme.
Her decision does not mean an immediate end to her journalism. The announcement said she was looking forward to new projects, but did not set out details of those plans.
Amanpour has been a prominent figure in television news at a time when international reporting has moved between scheduled broadcasts, rolling coverage and digital distribution. Her departure will therefore be watched both as a personal career change and as a sign of how major broadcasters manage long-established programmes.
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The article is based on two reports published on 19 October and avoids adding unsupported claims about CNN’s future strategy. The description of wider industry pressures is framed as context rather than as a stated cause of Amanpour’s departure.
Editor's note
The departure timetable and changes to Amanpour’s programmes are based on AP’s report of CNN’s announcement. CNN has not publicly detailed a successor in the sources reviewed.Sources
- Christiane Amanpour leaving CNN after 43 years — Associated Press
- Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN after four decades — Reuters via Investing.com
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