CNN International anchor Bianna Golodryga is leaving the network

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Set us as preferred Bianna Golodryga, a longtime international anchor and senior global affairs analyst for CNN, is leaving the network.Golodryga, the co-anchor of the CNN International program “One World with Zain Asher,” announced her departure Thursday in a post on X.She will make her final appearance on the network Friday, according to a CNN representative.

“After nine wonderful years at CNN, I’ve decided to leave for an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up,” Golodryga said.“I’m grateful for the experiences, friendships and support from fabulous colleagues during my CNN years.

Exciting news to share very soon!”Golodryga’s exit comes three days after Christiane Amanpour, the network’s best-known international journalist, stated her intention to leave CNN next June.The departures unfold as CNN insiders consider their future under Skydance, which absorbed the network as part of its $111-billion merger with Warner Bros.

Discovery.In the short term, CNN and Skydance’s CBS News are operating independently under their current leadership.

But consolidation is expected at some point with international bureaus being an expected early target.There is also anxiety among the CNN rank and file over how involved CBS Editor in chief Bari Weiss will be in the combined operations.

Hollywood Inc.Bianna Golodryga teamed up with Israeli TV news anchor Yonit Levi to write ‘Don’t Feed the Lion.’ It’s a novel that she wished her son had.Weiss has been a polarizing figure at CBS since Paramount acquired her contrarian digital news site the Free Press last year and gave her oversight of the network’s storied news division.

She has made major changes at “CBS Evening News” and the top-rated newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” where several correspondents were fired after accusing her of pushing them to add right-...