CNN Digital Editorial Chief Meredith Artley Is Leaving for ‘My Next Adventure With My Family’

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCNN Digital editor in chief Meredith Artley is exiting the news organization after more than 12 years, coming a little over a month after the close of the deal creating Warner Bros.

Discovery.Artley, who joined CNN in October 2009, announced her departure in a memo to staff Friday. “It’s been a rewarding and long run,” she wrote in the note, a copy of which was obtained by Variety. “And, it’s time for my next adventure with my family.”CNN has not named a replacement for Artley yet; she told staffers she will “be around for another week or two, helping with the transition.” The rest of CNN Digital’s leadership team remains in place, including head of global news Rachel Smolkin and head of global digital programming Marcus Mabry.

Artley’s exit also comes shortly after Warner Bros. Discovery shut down subscription-video service CNN+, just weeks after it launched.

At the same time, Artley’s boss — Andrew Morse, EVP and chief digital officer of CNN Worldwide, who had overseen CNN+ — left the company.Artley, as SVP and editor-in-chief of CNN Digital Worldwide, oversaw the creation, programming and publishing of content across all CNN Digital properties, leading a team of more than 350 reporters, producers and editors.Before joining CNN and moving to Atlanta, Artley led digital editorial for the Los Angeles Times, Paris-based International Herald Tribune and the New York Times.