Longtime CNN executive Ken Jautz is exiting the network after 36 years.
“Ken has decided he is ready for a new chapter and will depart CNN at the end of the year,” CEO Mark Thompson told employees in a memo to staff on Wednesday. “It is difficult to capture the impact Ken has had on our brand.”
Jautz, who has held numerous leadership positions at CNN, HLN, CNNfn and German-language affiliate n-TV, has served as a bureau chief in Frankfurt and Berlin, an international special events producer, and a business development and distribution executive for Turner International in London.