CNN anchor Bianna Golodryga said Thursday she is leaving the cable information community after 9 years.
“After nine wonderful years at CNN, I’ve decided to leave for an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up,” she wrote on X.
Golodryga did not disclose her next vacation spot in Thursday’s announcement.
CNN anchor Bianna Golodryga announced Thursday that she is leaving the community after 9 years. CNN
“I’m grateful for the experiences, friendships and support from fabulous colleagues during my CNN years,” she wrote.
“Exciting news to share very soon!”
A CNN spokesperson confirmed to The Post that community boss Mark Thompson announced Golodryga’s departure to staffers on Thursday morning prior to her social media message.
The community rep instructed The Post that her last day is on Friday. She is expected to log off at the finish of her broadcast.
Zain Asher, her co-anchor on “One World,” will stay in the anchor place following her exit, the community rep instructed The Post.
Golodryga has co-anchored CNN International’s “One World” alongside Zain Asher since September 2023. Getty Images for ADL
Golodryga’s exit marks the second high-profile departure from CNN announced this week, following Monday’s shock announcement that veteran worldwide correspondent Christiane Amanpour would go away the community after 43 years.
Amanpour, 68, CNN’s chief worldwide anchor, said she would step away from her each day program at the finish of the 12 months but proceed internet hosting a weekly present through May before departing in June 2027.
The departures come just over two weeks after Paramount Skydance accomplished its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Oct. 6, bringing CNN and CBS News under the same company umbrella.
The mixed media big, now identified merely as Skydance, is led by David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison.
After 9 great years at CNN, I’ve determined to go away for an alternative that I couldn’t go up. I’m grateful for the experiences, friendships and support from fabulous colleagues during my CNN years. Exciting information to share very quickly!— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) October 22, 2026
Golodryga, 48, is married to Peter Orszag, the former Obama administration finances director who is now CEO of boutique funding financial institution Lazard. The couple share two youngsters.
The veteran journalist has co-anchored CNN International’s “One World” alongside Asher since September 2023. She also serves as the community’s senior international affairs analyst.
Golodryga first joined CNN as a contributor in 2017 while working as a correspondent for CBS News, where she later grew to become a co-host of “CBS This Morning.”
She left CBS in April 2019 after the community overhauled its morning-show lineup, becoming a member of CNN full-time 5 months later.
Bianna Golodryga and her husband, Lazard CEO Peter Orszag, the former Obama administration finances director. Getty Images for CNN
Before her stint at CBS, Golodryga labored as a information and finance anchor at Yahoo and co-anchored the weekend version of ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
She started her tv profession at CNBC in 2001.
Born in Moldova when it was half of the Soviet Union, Golodryga came to the US with her dad and mom as Jewish refugees in 1980 and grew up in the Houston space.
Fluent in Russian, she has lined Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
Her reporting has included a 2019 unique interview with Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei and a CNN documentary about Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
Last 12 months, Golodryga co-authored “Don’t Feed the Lion,” a youngsters’s novel about antisemitism and prejudice, with Israeli journalist Yonit Levi.
Golodryga declined to remark further when reached by The Post on Thursday.