\n The \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d needs a new anchor \u2014 and soon.\n <\/p>\n
\n Maurice DuBois, who has co-anchored the storied broadcast alongside John Dickerson since January, is leaving the network later this month.\n <\/p>\n
\n Dickerson already announced his departure back in October. So this means the unusual co-anchor pairing on the 6:30 news lasted less than a year.\n <\/p>\n
\n The network had no immediate comment on who will succeed DuBois and Dickerson at the anchor desk once helmed by Walter Cronkite.\n <\/p>\n
\n Bari Weiss, who was installed by CBS parent Paramount\u2019s new CEO David Ellison in October as editor in chief of the news division, has been recruiting anchor talent in recent weeks, seemingly trying to poach from the outside rather than promoting from the inside.\n <\/p>\n
\n To DuBois, then, it might have been clear that his days anchoring the \u201cEvening News\u201d were numbered.\n <\/p>\n
\n A veteran of the CBS station in New York City, DuBois told staffers on Thursday morning that his last day will be December 18.\n <\/p>\n
\n Tom Cibrowski, the president and executive editor of CBS News, affectionately praised DuBois in a statement.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cMaurice has long represented what we do best at CBS News and Stations,\u201d Cibrowski said. \u201cFor more than two decades, he has delivered the day\u2019s biggest stories from our studios in New York and in the field.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cMaurice is deeply valued and respected as a journalist by all of us and we wish him much success,\u201d Cibrowski added. \u201cIt is my hope that we can work together again. We will have more details on the next chapter of CBS Evening News in the near future.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n DuBois gave no indication about what he plans to do next.\n <\/p>\n
\n It\u2019s been \u201cthe Honor of a Lifetime,\u201d he wrote on Instagram<\/a>, \u201cto be welcomed into your homes night after night, delivering the news \/ meeting extraordinary people and telling their stories.\u201d\n <\/p>\n