Christiane Amanpour Joining ABC after leaving CNN

A recent report at guardian.co.uk has revealed that Christiane Amanpour – CNN’s chief international correspondent – is leaving the CNN network after working for them for nearly 30 years, to become the new anchor at the rival US television network ABC.

The report says that Amanpour, one of CNN’s best-known correspondents over the past 2 decades, is leaving Time Warner’s cable news channel, so she can host “This Week,” which is the Sunday morning news programme on ABC News.

Amanpour joined the CNN network back in 1983, as a foreign desk assistant. She will reportedly leave CNN next month, and will start working for ABC in August of this year. Her decision comes just six months after launching her own interview show on CNN International.

“I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here,” Amanpour said. “This has been my family and shared endeavour for the past 27 years and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.”

When she starts with ABC, Amanpour will be replacing George Stephanopoulos, who became the new anchor of “Good Morning America” back in December. ABC News’s senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper will be the interim anchor of “This Week” until August.