Maurice DuBois is leaving CBS โฃNews, marking the โlatest shift as paramount Skydance overhauls its evening news division. DuBois announced his departure Thursday via Instagram,โค stating December 18 will be his last dayโ at the news association. His exit follows the earlier declaration byโ “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson, โwho revealed his intention to leave CBS News in โขOctober.
DuBoisS departure, along with Dickerson’s, occurs as CBS News operates during a period of โขnotable change. Paramount Skydance recently appointed opinion journalist Bari Weiss asโ editor in โฃchief of the news division, and these anchor exits will allow her to reshape the broadcast.CBSโ News has been seeking to โคredefine its approach,havingโ previously attempted to de-emphasize breaking headlines,a strategyโ that โฃcontributedโ to โคratings challenges for “Evening News.”
DuBois โhas spent 21 years with CBS-owned โproperties,establishing himself as a prominent anchor at WCBS,the company’s New York flagship station. “Evening News” averaged 4.26 million viewers for the five days ending November 28, trailing NBC’s “Nightly News” (6.24 million) and ABC’s “World โขNews โฃTonight” (8.27โ million).In the 25-54 demographic, “Evening News” drew 427,000 viewers, compared to 918,000 forโ “Nightly”โค and 1.03 million for “World.”
The timing of DuBois’s exit raises questions about a potential return to WCBS, where his long tenure and viewer connectionโ would be valuable.โ However, Paramount has been reducingโค its workforce as โขpart of cost-cutting measures, โwith other local anchors, including Jim Donovan of Philadelphia’s KYW and Elliott Rodriguez at โฃWFOR in Miami,โ also departing. Weiss has โขreportedly reached out to several top TV journalists โin recent โweeks,butโ many are currently under contract with otherโ networks.
