Christine Romans
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CNN Early Start anchor and chief business correspondent Christine Romans has decided to exit the cable news channel.
Romans announced her decision Friday morning, in conjunction with an on-air sendoff on CNN This Morning. Her last day at the channel is today.
“It’s impossible to sum up 24 wonderful and transformative years at CNN, but here it goes: five elections, a dotcom boom and bust, 9/11, a housing bubble and financial crisis, and a global pandemic. Oh… and a wedding, 3 baby boys, 3 books and 10 years of 3am wake-up calls!” Romans tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve climbed the mountain and it’s time for me to climb a new one, but I’m forever grateful to have worked alongside some of the most talented journalists in the business.”
Romans — a staple of CNN’s business coverage for CNN since 1999 and on the…