(CNN) Bill Shine is leaving the White House. But not without making his mark.

Shine, the former Fox News Channel co-president-turned-Trump White House communications adviser, accomplished a least one major goal of his -- and Donald Trump's -- before being shuttled to the 2020 reelection campaign: He killed the daily White House press briefing.

As CNN's White House team noted in its piece detailing Shine's departure : "Shine was a key force behind shutting down much of the press access to the White House, including the daily press briefing, per the source."

The results speak for themselves. There hasn't been a press briefing by press secretary Sarah Sanders since January 28 -- a space of 39 days. Prior to that January 28 briefing, Sanders hadn't done a press briefing in 40 days, according to Jim Acosta . Do the math and you get this: The White House has held a "daily" press briefing once in the last 79 days. And, according to The New York Times , Sanders did one press briefing a month in September, November and December.

Trump has been dismissive of the need for these daily -- or even weekly -- briefings since almost the start of his presidency. Sean Spicer, the White House's first press secretary, held the briefings regularly, but within the span of a few months it became like watching a car crash in slow motion -- over and over again. When Trump replaced Spicer with Sanders, the briefings slowed. Then Anthony Scaramucci was named communications director and, in a remarkable first appearance behind the podium, he promised a return to more regular briefings. The Mooch was fired 11 days later.