CNN chief product officer Rohit Agarwal is leaving the company, a spokeswoman confirmed toThe Hollywood Reporter. Agarwal informed staff of his departure via email Thursday afternoon.
In the note, which a source close to the company shared with THR, he told his team, "it has been a great privilege of mine to have worked beside you, learned from you, grown with you, and evolved with you." A product veteran who previously held roles at HSBC, Last.fm and AOL, Agarwal joined CNN nearly five years ago to lead the product and design operations for CNN Digital at a time when newsrooms across the country were investing in building out more robust online businesses.
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