CNN Anchor Carol Costello moving to HLN

Longtime CNN anchor Carol Costello will be moving to sister news network HLN.

Costello, 55, announced at the end of her Monday newscast that Friday will be her last day with CNN. She told viewers her husband had recently started a job in Los Angeles, and moving to HLN would allow her to be with him again on a full-time basis. Costello’s CNN job is based in New York. 

“I don’t want to get too emotional,” Costello said Monday to her audience. “But I will miss you too.”

HLN, like CNN, is owned by Time Warner.

{mosads}CNN President Jeff Zucker sent an internal memo to staff that a CNN spokesperson shared with The Hill and other media outlets praising Costello’s work during her more than 15 years with the network. 

“We’ll miss her unmistakable reporting, calming presence on the air, big smile and even bigger laugh on CNN, I’m happy to say she isn’t going far — she’ll be staying in the family and joining HLN in Los Angeles,” Zucker wrote, adding, “She is all heart and grace, and the epitome of a seasoned journalist, making her the perfect fit to join HLN’s powerful bench of anchors.”

The move comes just a few months after two other anchors, Michaela Pereira and Ashleigh Banfield, were moved from CNN to HLN to host their own respective shows.