Tony Dokoupil will be the next anchor of CBS Evening News , one of the first major moves made at the network under new editor in chief Bari Weiss.

He will start in the role on Jan. 5.

Dokoupil will succeed John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, who announced their departures after less than a year anchoring the broadcast.

Dokoupil has been co-host of CBS Mornings since 2019.

Dokoupil’s selection comes after reports that Weiss was interested in other figures, like Anderson Cooper and Bret Baier, taking a major role at the network. But Cooper recently re-signed with CNN, and Baier is under contract through 2028.

Dokoupil will be the sixth anchor of the nightly broadcast in the last decade, following Scott Pelley, Jeff Glor, Norah O’Donnell, Dickerson and DuBois. The network has tried

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