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.

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

CNN anchor and reporter Jim Acosta is leaving the network, a significant departure by a media figure who was a top journalist at the cable channel during President Trump’s first term in