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.

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. Last week,

The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown” will take over his timeslot, after he turned down a reported midnight-2 a.m. offer