Jim Acosta, a CNN anchor who earned a notification for grilling Trump administration officials in the briefing room of the White House, said on Tuesday that he left the network after almost 20 years.
Mr Acosta announced the decision at the end of his 10 -hour show, who will be his last for CNN. He goes back after he crashed with the network about a decision to move his show to start at the midnight hour, a cable news rear water, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.
The network moves Wolf Blitzer, a well-known CNN anchor, in his time slot, together with a co-anchor, Pamela Brown. Mr Acosta's show is third in his time slot for total viewers, behind both MSNBC and FOX News, although he has surpassed his MSNBC competitor in the most important demography for advertisers.
In a statement, CNN said that it was grateful for the track record of Mr Acosta of 'dedication and dedication'.
“Jim had a long, distinctive almost 20-year career at CNN, with a track record of getting up authority, for the first amendment and for our journalistic freedoms,” said the statement.
Mark Thompson, the CEO of CNN, announced this month, Mr Acosta that the network wanted to move him to midnight as part of a reorganization of the network of the network, the two people said. Mr Acosta was resistant to the idea that he was shaken to the ecclesiastical shift as part of a plan for journalists who have been critical of President Trump.
Mr Thompson said Mr Acosta that it had nothing to do with the inauguration of Mr Trump, and added that Mr Acosta's slot machine would be in prime time on the west coast and offered to move to him, said the people . But they were in an impasse.
Status, an e -mail newsletter, previously reported about the tension between Mr Acosta and CNN.
Mr Acosta's exit is part of a broader remingy from CNN, who announced last week that it fired around 200 people as part of a pivot point to digital. CNN said last week that it worked on a new streaming service and was planning to hire around 100 people in new roles in the first half of the year.
Mr Acosta was one of the most prominent journalists at CNN during the first Trump government, where he became known for his strict interrogations in the briefing space of the White House. When the White House officials tried to throw Mr Acosta out of the Chamber, CNN sued the government and the administration recovered his references.
During the show on Tuesday, Mr Acosta said that the highlight of his career at CNN came to Cuba during the Obama government when he asked Cuban President Raúl Castro about the political prisoners of that country.
“If the son of a Cuban refugee, I took the lesson home … It is never a good time to bow for a tyrant,” said Mr Acosta. “I have always believed that it is the task of the press to keep power in account. I have always tried to do that at CNN and I intend to do it in the future. “
