After top editor Bari Weiss made outreach to anchors at other networks, CBS News decided to go with an internal candidateOne of Bari Weiss’s top priorities as editor in chief of CBS News has been to chart a future for the network’s sagging evening news broadcast, which has languished behind its competitors on NBC and ABC. On Wednesday, Weiss promoted Tony Dokoupil, the co-host of the network’s morning show, to serve as the next anchor of CBS Evening News starting 5 January.In her first few weeks on the job, Weiss expressed interest in a handful of top anchors from rival networks, including Bret Baier and Dana Perino at Fox News, but both are locked into long-term contracts. Looking internally, Dokoupil, 44, was seen as a strong contender, along with Norah O’Donnell, who anchored the show from 2019 to 2025. Continue reading…
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