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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Dominic Rushe

Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN over relationship with senior executive

Jeff Zucker in New York City in December 2019.
Jeff Zucker in New York City in December 2019. Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images

CNN chair Jeff Zucker, one of the US’s most powerful media executives, resigned on Wednesday following the disclosure that he was having a relationship with another senior executive at the news organization.

In a memo to staff obtained by the New York Times, Zucker said he was in a consensual relationship with his “closest colleague” and had failed to disclose it, as required by company policy.

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