‘CBS Evening News’ co-anchor John Dickerson is leaving CBS by the end of the year, according to a source.
DIckerson will continue to co-anchor the news with Maurice DuBois until he departs, a CBS News spokesperson confirmed. The news comes as CBS News braces for a steep round of layoffs, which are expected to hit this week.
Dickerson, 57, took the co-anchor job earlier this year when then-CBS News president Wendy McMahon decided to shake up the struggling news network and oust then-anchor Norah O’Donnell.
Dickerson shared the news on Instagram on Monday morning, writing: “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.”
The journalist, who joined CBS in 2009, signed off, thanking his colleagues for making him a “better journalist and a better human.”
Dickerson has widely been rumored to be on the outs at the program since CBS News president Tom Cibrowski was tapped to run the network with newly-minted editor in chief Bari Weiss.
Ratings have cratered at the show with viewers — and top brass — complaining that the having two-anchors has been “clunky,” “awkward” and “lacked chemistry.”
It is unclear if DuBois will be named sole anchor, but it appears to be unlikely Weiss and Cibrowski have been interviewing candidates for the job. Internally, “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Tony Dokoupil is a frontrunner, a well-placed source told The Post.
O’Donnell, too, has been floated as someone who could potentially return to the chair — but a source with knowledge said that is “not going to happen.”
