Laurie Orlando , who has supervised talent recruitment and strategy at CBS News for nearly a decade, is leaving the Paramount Skydance operation — the latest of the news division’s senior executives to exit as the parent company overhauls its operations under an iconoclastic new editor in chief.

Orlando sent a note to staffers and acquaintances Monday, according to three people familiar with the matter, saying that “I have decided to retire from this work I love so much and the place that has always felt like home.” Her last day is expected to be November 7. A CBS News spokesperson confirmed Orlando’s departure.

Orlando’s announcement follows the exit earlier this month of Claudia Milne , who had overseen standards and practices at CBS News. The news division has now lost two senior

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