Another longtime CNN personality flees the Skydance ship
Foreign affairs analyst and anchor Bianna Golodryga announced that she's leaving the network after nine years.
Just days after Christiane Amanpour bid farewell after 43 years at CNN, Bianna Golodryga, a long-standing CNN figure, announced her departure. Golodryga, who joined the network as a senior global affairs analyst and anchor in 2017, shared her decision on Twitter/X, expressing gratitude for her experiences and friendships with colleagues.
She hinted at exciting news to come in the near future. However, it remains unclear what Golodryga's next role will be. This marks the second high-profile exit from CNN since its acquisition by billionaire Donald Trump ally David Ellison as part of the Skydance-Warner Bros. merger. While Amanpour and Golodryga did not mention the potential editorial changes under Ellison in their goodbyes, CNN reports suggest that employees are concerned about the new ownership's history of interference in news.
Golodryga, born in Moldova, has anchored CNN International's One World and served on the Council on Foreign Relations. Her sudden departure from a Skydance-controlled CNN raises questions about how her colleagues perceive their prospects for staying independent under the network's new right-leaning ownership.
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