After a two-year stint managing CNNs business during a leadership and strategy transition, David Leavy is heading back to his longtime home at parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.

The executive had joined as chief operating officer of the cable news network during the short-lived Chris Licht-led era then stepped in to co-lead the brand days later after Licht was fired in June 2023.

David arrived at CNN in tumultuous times and did a brilliant job stabilizing the company at a difficult moment. During the transition he led CNN jointly with Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley and Eric Sherling and played a central part helping me into my role as chairman and CEO before, as COO, leading multiple organizations and teams across revenue, promotion, operations and data, read a note from CNN president Mark Thompson to staff on Wednesday. David fell in love with CNN from the moment he walked in and has supported and championed our journalism and our great brand ever since. Hes always been a voice for change and confidence in the future.

More to come.