Veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour don tok say she dey leave her role for CNN after 43 years with the network. She make the announcement on Monday, and she talk am inside statement and video message wey she post on social media.
Amanpour, wey be 68, say: “After thinking carefully for several months and experiencing a few sleepless nights, as you can imagine, I’ve decided to separate from CNN.” She add say her daily show on CNN and PBS go end at the end of this year. But she disclose say CNN and she don arrange smooth transition wey go make her continue doing Amanpour once a week through to June.
The journalist no give reason why she dey leave. But her resignation come weeks after CNN parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, formally fall under Paramount Skydance. According to the report, after yearlong process, Paramount Skydance close its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery on October 6, and the deal join two TV news giants, CBS and CNN, under one roof. The merger don raise concern about independence of CNN newsroom, because the merged company owners, the Ellison family, be close allies of US President Donald Trump.
Amanpour no directly refer to the deal, but she talk about independence. “You know I’ve always been fiercely independent, and I will continue to be that for you as long as I am here and beyond,” she say. She add say that one dey especially important today as dem face “unprecedented pressures from all sides, political, financial, and also from the rising dangers in the field.”
Amanpour, wey dem born for London to Iranian father and British mother, join CNN in 1983 as assistant. For the years wey follow, she cover major wars in the 1990s, including the Gulf War and the Bosnian War.
