By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-22 23:07:15 | Updated at 2024-11-23 10:31:19
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Norah O'Donnell's last broadcast as anchor at CBS Evening News has been confirmed, four months after she announced she was leaving the role following five years at the helm.
The 50-year-old journalist will front her final show on Friday, January 24, four days after Donald Trump's inauguration for a second term as president of the United States on January 20.
CBS Evening News is then set to debut its dramatic format shake up on Monday, January 27 with John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois taking the reins as lead anchors.
They will front the program live from New York, after five years in Washington D.C.
A revamped CBS Evening News is expected to see more of 60 Minutes content in its broadcast, as well as several correspondents on hand to break big news as it happens.
It was previously revealed that O'Donnell will be moving into a new role as senior correspondent, where it's understood she will be carrying out high profile interviews.
Norah O'Donnell's last broadcast as anchor at CBS Evening News has been confirmed
The 50-year-old anchor will front her final show on Friday, January 24
She will continue to contribute to Evening News and 60 Minute, as well as other CBS News programs.
O'Donnell announced her departure in a memo to staff in July, which read: 'There's so much work to be proud of!
'But I have spent 12 years in the anchor chair here at CBS News, connected to a daily broadcast and the rigors of a relentless news cycle.
'It's time to do something different.
'Beyond that, I'm pleased to share that I have made a long-term commitment to CBS News to continue to do the same storytelling and big interviews that have been our hallmark.'
She added: 'It's time to do something different.
'This presidential election will be my seventh as a journalist, and for many of us in this business we tend to look at our careers in terms of these milestone events.'
O'Donnell replaced Jeff Glor as anchor and managing editor on CBS Evening News in July 2019 - leading the broadcast from Washington, D.C.
O'Donnell, who announced her exit in July, will be moving into a new role as senior correspondent
Previously, she had served as CBS This Morning co-host from 2012 and before that, CBS News' chief White House correspondent during President Obama's administration.
In April 2022, following reports that she could be replaced, O'Donnell re-signed with CBS News for $3.8 million a year, down from her previous $8 million package, sources told the New York Post at the time.
One source told the outlet that CBS execs gave O'Donnell a 'low ball' offer which they expected her to reject and were taken by surprise when she accepted.
It followed numerous reports that O'Donnell had clashed with CBS News co-president Neeraj Khemlani, a no-nonsense, budget-cutting exec who had reportedly cast a wide net searching for her potential replacement.
A spokesperson for CBS News referred DailyMail.com to a statement provided to the Post, which denied that Khemlani had sought to replace O'Donnell.
In March 2022, speculation ran rampant in the industry that CBS might axe O'Donnell to her alleged 'toxic behavior' and purported $65,000-a-year wardrobe allowance.
O'Donnell's publicist Cindi Berger denied the accusations at the time, telling the Post: 'It's a clothing allowance, every news anchor has one. That figure is incorrect.'
