Longtime film critic Richard Roeper is leaving the Chicago Sun-Times after a 37 year career.

The highly influential reviewer is taking a buyout from the Sun-Times, for whom he has written as a contributor since 1987. Roeper, a Chicago native, is among around 30 people to have taken a buyout from the iconic newspaper this week, including reporters and editors, as the Sun-Times along with the NPR radio station WBEZ now operate with a nonprofit media model.

Roeperco-hosted the television seriesAt the Movieswith Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, succeeding GeneSiskelafter his death. He announced his final day with the Sun-Times will be March 21, but he wont be putting his pen down anytime soon.

I have decided to accept a buyout from the Sun-Times, Roeper said in a statement. Im excited for the next chapter in my career, as I have no plans of retiring or even slowing down. I will continue to review films and TV series every Friday on Windy City Weekend on ABC-7 Chicago, and Ill keep recording new episodes of The Richard Roeper Show podcast every week. I also intend to continue writing reviews regularly. See you at the movies, he added.

TheSun-Timesin 2018 reinstated Roeperas a critic following a suspension for allegedly buying followers on Twitter. He was among several prominent journalists, sports stars, politicians and celebrities who, according to a New York Times reporter, paid to increase their Twitter followers with fake accounts.