Jim Acosta said he was a CNN anchor who won the notification by burning a Trump administration official in the Briefroom in the White House, nearly 20 years later on Tuesday.
Acosta announced the decision at the end of the 10 am. This is the last for CNN. According to two people with knowledge of discussions, he has resigned after clashing with a network about the decision to move his show to start the show with Midnight Hour and cable Newsbackwater.
The network has moved the well -known CNN anchor's wolf blitzer to his time slot, along with the joint anchor Pamela Brown. Acosta's show is third in the Total Viewers time slot after both MSNBC and Fox News, but has exceeded the MSNBC competitors with major population statistics for advertisers.
In the statement, CNN said he was grateful for Acosta's “dedication and commitment” achievements.
“The gym has long been a long -term career on CNN. This has a track record of facing authority and confronting authority for the initial fix and journalistic freedom,” he said. I mentioned it.
Mark Thompson, CNN's highest executive officer, told Acosta this month that the network wanted to move him to midnight as part of the reorganization of the network lineup. Acosta resisted the idea and was alert to the plans to shift the graveyard as part of the plan to sideline a critical journalist with President Trump.
Tompson told Acosta that it had nothing to do with Trump's inauguration ceremony, and the Acosta slot was a prime time on the west coast and offered to relocate him. But they were stuck.
Earlier, the status of an email newsletter who reported on tension between Acosta and CNN.
Acosta's exit is a more widespread remake of CNN, which announced last week that it has abandoned about 200 people as a pivot to digital. Last week, CNN was working on a new streaming service and plans to hire about 100 people in the first half of the year.
Acosta is one of the most prominent journalists in the CNN in the first Trump administration and became known for his severe interrogation in the White House's briefing room. When the White House officials tried to ban Acosta from the room, CNN sued the government and the government recovered his qualification.
President Trump said in a social media posting that Acosta's departure, CNN tried to entrust him to the late night, which is equivalent to Death Valley.
According to two people with knowledge of the problem, Acosta explores his next step, including the possibility of launching his own journalistic company. He said he still remained in the CNN contract for a year.
In a Tuesday show, Acosta said that his career highlights on CNN had traveled to Cuba during the Obama administration.
“As a son of Cuban refugee, I took the lesson home. It's not a good time to bow to a tyrant,” Acosta said. “I've always believed that it was the work of a news organization to explain power. I always try to do it with CNN and continue it in the future.”
