David Leavy is departing his position as chief operating officer of CNN Worldwide and will return to parent Warner Bros. Discovery. Mark Thompson, chairman and CEO of CNN, wrote that Leavy “has decided to return to a role at Warner Bros. Discovery in the weeks ahead.”

David Leavy will leave CNN and return to duties at corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery, where he has long been a key aide to CEO David Zaslav

CNN Chief Operating Officer David Leavy is heading back to Warner Bros. Discovery, two years after leaving the entertainment giant, TheWrap has learned. Leavy's pivot back to CNN's parent company will reunite him with WBD boss David Zaslav,