David Leavy is departing his position as chief operating officer of CNN Worldwide and will return to parent Warner Bros. Discovery.

Mark Thompson , chairman and CEO of CNN, wrote that Leavy “has decided to return to a role at Warner Bros. Discovery in the weeks ahead.”

Leavy has served as COO for the past two years, having previously served as chief corporate affairs officer for WBD.

His move from WBD was announced in June, 2023, just before Chris Licht’s tenure leading CNN came to an end. In the interim, Leavy and Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley and Eric Sherling led the network, before Thompson’s hire.

“David fell in love with CNN from the moment he walked in and has supported and championed our journalism and our great brand ever since,” Thompson wrote in a memo to staffers. “He’s

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