Veteran broadcaster Adam Boulton is set to leave Sky News after more than 30 years at the media company.
The Sky News presenter has worked at the channel for a whopping 33 years after he first joined the company in 1989, and he has also served as editor-at-large since 2014.
The 62-year-old will step down from his mega media role on New Year’s Eve of this year.
The presenter’s departure is understood to have been a mutual decision, although it comes after he said the direction which Sky News wants to go would not be a “good fit” for him.
He also commented that there’s a “move against the baby-boomers” like him in the TV world.
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A political news pioneer, Boulton started out as Political Editor for TV-am before becoming Political Editor of Sky News for 25 years.
He served as Sky’s Political Editor from 1989 until 2014 until he was made Sky’s News editor-at-large and full-time presenter in 2014.
Speaking on his exit from Sky, Adam said: “I am immensely proud of all we have achieved at Sky News.
“It has been an honour to be part of the team that founded Britain’s first rolling news channel, transforming the way news and politics are covered in this country and around the world.
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“My career has been at two start-ups – TV-am and Sky. Now, after six Prime Ministers, seven US Presidents, and eight Sky CEOs, it is time for new things.
“As the mainstream media evolve, I will continue to broadcast and write for Sky, Reaction, and others.”
Jeremy Darroch, Executive Chairman of Sky, said: “It has been an enormous pleasure and inspiration to work with Adam over my 18 years at Sky.
“He has been at the forefront of the British political landscape – breaking news and setting the agenda. He’s been with us at Sky since we launched and helped shape the DNA of Sky News.”
It comes after Boulton previously said that there’s been a “move against the baby-boomers” like himself.
He also admitted that the direction in which Sky News is heading in isn’t one that’s a “particularly good fit for me”.
Speaking to The Times, Boulton said: “I’ve just got to accept to a certain point that you and I, we’re tail-end baby-boomers.
“And there’s a kind of move against the baby-boomers and the fact that we’ve had less time at the peak is just the way it goes.
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He added: “It looks like the direction which Sky News wants to go over the next few years is not one that’s a particularly good fit for me. There’s always a changing of the guard in television. Television is very sensitive to the idea of diversity.”
Speaking about him and his fellow broadcasters Kay Burley, 60, and Dermot Murnaghan, 63, Boulton added: “We’ve had our day.”
John Ryley, the head of Sky News, said that television was moving away from the era of the “all-powerful anchor”.
Speaking on his exit, Ryley said: “Adam Boulton has been a hugely significant figure both in the growth of Sky News and British broadcasting as a whole.”
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