Outgoing CNN anchor Bianna Golodryga is in talks to join Politico, The Post has learned.
The discussions come as the newspaper announced his departure on Thursday.
“After nine wonderful years at CNN, I decided to leave for an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” she wrote on X.
Golodryga hasn’t revealed her next destination, but sources familiar with the matter told the Post she could be headed to the beloved online outlet inside the Beltway.
Politico could not be reached for comment.
Golodryga is also in talks to join CBS News as a contributor, according to Variety.
“I am grateful for the experiences, friendships and support of fabulous colleagues during my years at CNN,” she wrote in her post.
“Exciting news to share very soon! »
A CNN spokesperson confirmed to the Post that network boss Mark Thompson announced Golodryga’s departure to staff Thursday morning ahead of his social media post.
The network representative told the Post that her last day was Friday. She should sign at the end of her show.
Zain Asher, his co-anchor on “One World,” will remain as anchor after his departure, the network representative told the Post.
Golodryga’s departure marks the second high-profile departure from CNN announced this week, following Monday’s surprise announcement that veteran international correspondent Christiane Amanpour would leave the network after 43 years.
Amanpour, 68, CNN’s chief international anchor, said she would step away from her daily program at the end of the year but would continue to host a weekly show until May before leaving in June 2027.
The departures come just over two weeks after Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on October 6, bringing CNN and CBS News under the same umbrella.
The media giant, now known simply as Skydance, is led by David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison.
Golodryga, 48, is married to Peter Orszag, a former budget director in the Obama administration who is now CEO of the investment bank Lazard. The couple shares two children.
The veteran journalist has been a co-host of CNN International’s “One World” alongside Asher since September 2023. She is also the network’s senior global affairs analyst.
Golodryga first joined CNN as a contributor in 2017 while working as a correspondent for CBS News, where she later became co-host of “CBS This Morning.”
She left CBS in April 2019 after the network overhauled its morning show lineup, joining CNN full time five months later.
Prior to her time at CBS, Golodryga worked as a news and finance anchor at Yahoo and co-anchored the weekend edition of ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
She began her television career on CNBC in 2001.
Born in Moldova when the country was part of the Soviet Union, Golodryga came to the United States with her Jewish refugee parents in 1980 and grew up in the Houston area.
Fluent in Russian, she covered Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the aftermath of Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
His reporting includes an exclusive 2019 interview with Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei and a CNN documentary on Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
Last year, Golodryga co-wrote “Don’t Feed the Lion,” a children’s novel about anti-Semitism and prejudice, with Israeli journalist Yonit Levi.
Golodryga declined to comment further when contacted by The Post on Thursday.
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