Oliver Darcy Exits CNN, Will Launch New Media Newsletter

More changes are coming to CNN‘s media coverage, with the cable channel’s lead media reporter Oliver Darcy leaving the news outlet.

Darcy, who appeared frequently on CNN to talk about media topics and wrote the company’s Reliable Sources Newsletter, is now launching his own newsletter, Status, which hit inboxes Thursday morning.

According to the introductory email, Status is framing itself as the “definitive nightly briefing that informs readers about what is really happening in the corridors of media power.” As with Reliable Sources, Status will release new editions Sundays-through Thursdays.

Darcy promises “hard-hitting reporting and unflinching analysis on the Fourth Estate, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley. There will be no sugarcoating, no pulling punches, no sparing sensitive egos – just the unvarnished truth about the companies and individuals who shape our world.”

Meanwhile, a CNN spokesperson says that the Reliable Sources newsletter will go on a short hiatus, but will return in the fall with a new writer.

“Oliver has established himself as a tough but scrupulously fair leading voice in media reporting and commentary – never afraid to call it as he sees it,” CNN CEO Mark Thompson said in a statement. “He has been a great shepherd of CNN’s Reliable Sources newsletter, and we wish him every success in his new entrepreneurial adventure.”

The Reliable Sources newsletter was created by Brian Stelter, the former host of CNN’s Reliable Sources TV show. Darcy inherited it when Stelter left CNN two years ago.