Legendary anchor and foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour announced Monday that she would leave CNN next year after more than four decades at the cable network.

“After thinking carefully for several months and experiencing a few sleepless nights, as you can imagine, I have decided to separate from CNN, my partner of 43 fantastic years,” she said .

Amanpour, the network’s chief international anchor, said in a statement that she’ll leave next June and that she “looks forward to interesting new projects down the line.” She will continue her podcast, “The Ex Files,” with ex-husband Jamie Rubin.

Amanpour’s departure would be notable under any circumstances. She joined CNN as an assistant on its international assignment desk in 1983, when the network was just 3 years old, and became one of the journalists who defined its identity around the world.…