Carol Costello leaving CNN to join HLN

CNN anchor Carol Costello is leaving her morning show for a new show in Los Angeles for CNN sister channel HLN, she announced to viewers on Monday.

Her last day is on Friday.

"I'm not leaving the family, though, I'll be heading to Los Angeles to anchor a new show on HLN," Costello said. "This is a personal decision and it was extraordinarily difficult, it was like cutting off my left arm. I have lived apart from my husband for many years. But he was always close by because he also lived on the East coast. But last year my husband snagged a fantastic job in Los Angeles [at Loyola Marymount University]. And I kind of miss him. I don't want to get too emotional, but I will miss you too. You have made my job easy because you are so very engaged. You talk to me when you spot me on the street, you yell at me, you hug me, I love that. You feel my social media with thoughts. And you watch. For that I will be forever grateful. I'll be here the rest of the week and I'll say my final goodbye to you on Friday."

A CNN spokeswoman said her replacement will be announced for the 9am to 11am show "in the coming days".

Several other CNN hosts have made the jump from CNN to HLN in the past few months, including Ashleigh Banfield and Michaela Pereira.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/01/carol-costello-leaving-cnn-for-new-hln-show-234369

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Years ago I used to watch HLN - a quick summary of the news while I was getting ready to leave. If it was business news, it meant it was 15 min after the hour. Sports - 20min.

But then at some point it was a call in show. They would have an image of a telephone and I would hear whoever was on the other side. So that was it.