Tony Dokoupil is anticipated to maneuver from mornings to evenings at CBS Information.
Dokoupil, at present the co-host of “CBS Mornings,” has signed a brand new deal to take over as anchor of “CBS Night Information,” in accordance with a number of individuals briefed on the matter who weren’t approved to remark publicly. One individual stated an announcement is anticipated as quickly as this week.
A consultant for CBS Information declined remark. Dokoupil, 44, didn’t reply to a request for remark.
The information division’s signature program is anticipated to return to a solo anchor format after pairing John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois over the final yr. Each Dickerson and DuBois are departing CBS Information later this month.
The appointment of Dokoupil wouldn’t level to a serious change in path on the program. Dokoupil, who has been with CBS Information since 2016 after three years at NBC, grew to become co-host at CBS Mornings in 2019.
Bari Weiss, the not too long ago appointed editor in chief at CBS Information, reportedly expressed a want to usher in an out of doors title, together with Bret Baier, the Washington-based anchor at conservative-leaning Fox Information. CNN’s Anderson Cooper was additionally mentioned internally, however he selected to signal a brand new cope with his community.
The Free Press, the digital information web site co-founded by Weiss and bought by Paramount, vigorously defended Dokoupil final yr when he was on the middle of controversy over an aggressive on-air interview he carried out with creator Ta-Nehisi Coates final yr.
Dokoupil was admonished in an editorial assembly for a way he questioned Coates about his new guide, “The Message,” which examines the Israel-Gaza battle. CBS Information management stated on the decision that the interview didn’t meet the corporate’s editorial requirements after receiving quite a few complaints from staffers.
A recording of the assembly was posted on the Free Press web site.
“It’s journalists like Tony Dokoupil who’re an endangered species in legacy information organizations, that are wilting to the pressures of this new elite consensus,” the editors of the Free Press wrote on the matter.
Shari Redstone, the previous majority shareholder in CBS Information father or mother Paramount, additionally publicly expressed her help for Dokoupil on the time. She stated CBS Information executives made “a foul mistake” of their dealing with of the matter. Each executives who led the editorial name, Wendy McMahon and Adrienne Roark, are not with the community.
