Meredith Artley, who has been senior vice president and editor in chief of CNN Digital Worldwide, told staffers on Friday that she was departing the network.
She’s the latest executive to exit after CNN got a new corporate parent, Warner Bros. Discovery, and new leadership, with Chris Licht taking the helm on May 2.
Artley said that she will be “around for another week or two” to assist in a transition. A successor has not been named.
“I’m so proud to have played a role in guiding, growing and championing CNN’s journalism across our digital platforms for all these years,” Artley wrote in a memo to staffers. “We’ve grown the team of dedicated digital journalists more than threefold. We’ve also grown the number of CNNers who do digital journalism regardless of where they sit on an org chart. We’ve doubled-down on breaking news and distinctive storytelling in many forms and on many platforms. We invested in new beats and approaches to engage audiences. Those audiences have grown massively, as has our lead over worthy competitors. And the business of digital keeps going up, with more upside to come.”
Artley joined CNN in 2009 from the Los Angeles Times. She previously worked for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.
