Antunes, executive editor of CNBC Digital, has resigned

Xana Antunes, who for the past two years has been executive editor and vice president for CNBC Digital, has resigned her position.

Antunes declined to comment when reached by Talking Biz News on Saturday.

“Xana is leaving and has not announced where she is going,” said CNBC spokeswoman Amy Zelvin. “We thank Xana for all her contributions and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.”

During her two years at CNBC, Antunes led an expansion of the editorial staff of CNBC.com and the launching of a new home page. CNBC’s digital readers have increased by more than 50 percent under Antunes and reached 12.1 million unique visitors in July,  according to the July 2014 comScore Multi-platform Report US. CNBC.com’s total unique video viewer volume reached 3.1 million in July, up 62 percent year-over-year, according to the July 2014 comScore Video Metrix, US, Content Videos report.

Antunes was responsible for setting the editorial direction of and leading the editorial team behind CNBC Digital’s products and services, including CNBC.com, the suite of CNBC mobile products including the CNBC real-time iPhone & iPad Apps and CNBC real-time Android Apps and CNBC PRO, the premium desktop/mobile service.

Before joining CNBC, Antunes had been editor of Crain’s New York Business.

Before that, Antunes was executive editor of Fortune and CNNMoney.com, and oversaw the development and integration of online versions of Time Inc.’s financial publications, including Fortune, Money, Fortune Small Business and Business 2.0 under the CNNMoney umbrella.