Tony Dokoupil to anchor CBS Evening News
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He replaces John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois in one of the most high-profile decisions of Bari Weiss’s early tenure as the network’s editor in chief.
Dokoupil will replace co-anchors Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson, who announced their departures earlier this year
Award-winning journalist Matt Gutman has been named CBS News chief correspondent, the network announced Tuesday.
CBS has ended its search for an anchor to fill the CBS Evening News chair one held by Walter Cronkite—but has failed to please all its staff with the choice. The network’s MAGA-curious Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has chosen Tony Dokoupil,
Maurice DuBois is exiting CBS Evening News. Less than a year after taking over the evening news show with co-anchor John Dickerson, DuBois has announced he is leaving the network after two decades.
According to the New York Post, Diaz and O’Grady are in talks to replace outgoing co-anchors Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller, who wrapped up their final show on November 22. Since Jacobson and Miller were let go, Lindsey Reiser and Vladimir Duthiers have been co-hosting the Saturday morning news program.