Discovery is trying to scale back some of the excesses that developed at CNN during the leadership of Jeff Zucker. With new CNN CEO Chris Licht running operations, Warner Bros. And Robyn Peterson, CNN Digital’s chief technology officer, is also leaving. Alex MacCallum, who had been named interim chief of CNN’s digital operations, is leaving on June 30. Meredith Artley, editor in chief of CNN Digital, who had been with the company for more than a decade, announced in late May that she had chosen to depart. Andrew Morse, who was overseeing the launch of CNN+, announced he would leave when CNN”s parent scuttled the site. Her exit is just the latest in a short line of senior CNN staffers who have left in recent weeks. She played a role in bringing Chris Wallace, Audie Cornish and Kasie Hunt to CNN for the launch of CNN+ During her time, she has worked as an executive producer for Don Lemon and John King, among others and hired Phillip and Andrew McCabe.
Her departure was announced at a morning editorial meeting on Thursday, according to three people familiar with the matter.
