Acosta is the first big name to exit CNN in the changes being implemented by CEO Mark Thompson. Thompson last week also told staff that the company intends to lay off a couple hundred employees in a pivot to digital, with a new streaming service in the works.

Jim Acosta is leaving his longtime home of CNN. The anchor’s decision to depart the cable news network comes five days after it was reported that The Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer’s long-running evening program,

Acosta, who frequently clashed with Trump in his first term, is leaving CNN after being stripped of his morning show and offered a midnight program in its place.

Thompson, the former BBC and New York Times head honcho who was brought in by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav to right the ship at CNN, may also shift pre-dawn anchor Kasie Hunt to the afternoons, according to the newsletter, written by former CNN media analyst Oliver Darcy.

The news comes after CNN announced it was changing up its schedule, which included replacing Acosta’s morning show with veteran anchor Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown for a two-hour edition of The Situation Room. Acosta was reportedly offered the midnight “graveyard” shift, which sources claimed he was shocked by.

Wolf Blitzer could soon be joining CNN's daytime programming lineup. The veteran anchor, who has lead the early evening news program "The Situation Room" since 2001, may make the move to mid-to-late mornings, according to Oliver Darcy's Status newsletter.

CNN made several changes to its lineup, including giving anchor Jake Tapper a new time slot and removing Jim Acosta from his morning show.

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer currently airs from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays. Blitzer has been hosting the program since 2005 in that time slot. He’s been with the network since 1990, previously working as a military affairs reporter and White House correspondent.

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His departure will undoubtedly leave a void within CNN, a company that in recent years seems to have lost its bearings and struggles to clearly define its position.

CNN is strongly considering moving veteran Wolf Blitzer to a new daytime slot, potentially pairing him with Pamela Brown

There is no word on what will happen to Jim Acosta, as Blitzer and Brown’s The Situation Room will take his place in the 10 a.m. ET slot. Tapper’s show will move to 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET, with a new show hosted by Hunt, called The Arena, getting the 4 p.m. ET slot.