CNN anchor Jim Acosta says he's quitting after nearly two decades rather than accept a move from a morning time slot to a less visible midnight at the East Coast.
Jim Acosta shared during his morning broadcast on Tuesday, Jan. 28, that he would not be returning to the CNN desk after 18 years with the organization, saying that after 'careful consideration' and 'weighing alternative time slots CNN offered,
Ex-CNN anchor Jim Acosta promoted his new Substack account following his exit from CNN, describing the move as a “new venture” for him. Acosta announced his departure from CNN during the final episode of his show,
The network is moving Wolf Blitzer, a well-known CNN anchor, into his time slot, along with a co-anchor, Pamela Brown. Mr. Acosta’s show is third place in his time slot for total viewers, behind both MSNBC and Fox News, though he has outperformed his MSNBC competitor in the key demographic for advertisers.
Jim Acosta intends to leave CNN to pursue his own journalism ventures after a programming shake-up left him without his daytime slot
CNN chief domestic correspondent Jim Acosta is expected to leave the cable news network after his show was replaced and he was yanked from all scheduled programming, according to a report.
Anti-Trump CNN anchor Jim Acosta announced on Tuesday that he will exit the network after being left off the network's new dayside programming schedule.
Acosta is the first big name to exit CNN in the changes being implemented by CEO Mark Thompson. Thompson last week also told staff that the company intends to lay off a couple hundred employees in a pivot to digital, with a new streaming service in the works.
Jim Acosta and President Donald Trump are trading words with one another after the former star anchor exited CNN on Tuesday.
Jim Acosta, former Knoxville TV news reporter and anchor, has left his longtime job at CNN. Acosta, who worked at Knoxville's NBC affiliate WBIR from 1995 to 1998, was a prominent face of CNN until his sudden departure this week. He was known for holding President Donald Trump to account.
Jim Acosta's abrupt exit from CNN is leaving staffers shocked as the anti-Trump anchor plans to go independent after turning down an offer by his boss to host midnights.