CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson announced that he is departing CBS News on Monday.
In a message posted on Instagram, Dickerson wrote:
At the end of this year, I will leave CBS, sixteen years after I sat in as Face the Nation anchor for the first time. I am extremely grateful for all that CBS gave me — the work, the audience’s attention and the honor of being a part of the network’s history — and I am grateful for the dear colleagues who’ve made me a better journalist and a better human. I will miss you.
Recently, former New York Times editor and Free Press founder Bari Weiss assumed the role of editor-in-chief at the company. Weiss, a lifelong liberal, has emerged as one of the mainstream media’s most vocal critics in recent years, and is expected to make expansive changes at the network.
Paramount earlier this year merged with entertainment giant Skydance and has pledged to shift CBS’s editorial strategy to represent a more “diverse” set of viewpoints.
Dickerson, during his years-long career in political journalism, has moderated debates, interviewed presidents and reported from locations around the country on top stories and breaking news events.
Weiss has reportedly expressed interest in poaching conservative commentator Scott Jennings from CNN.
Given that Jennings is not a full-time employee at the network, he is free to meet with anyone, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
Legacy media outlets have been showing greater interest in Jennings as his popularity has grown online.
Earlier this year, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong revealed that he reached out to the pundit about a possible role with the newspaper’s “LAT Next” media venture.
Last week, the Status newsletter reported that Weiss was mulling the possibility of bringing Fox News anchor Bret Baier aboard to helm the evening news on CBS
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