Former Today show sweetheart Katie Couric has reportedly made the decision to vacate her anchor post at CBS Evening News after just five years.
While both the network and reps for Couric have yet to confirm the news, a CBS bigwig tells the AP that the journalist has chosen not to renew her Evening News contract when it expires in June, and is currently in talks with, among others, ex-NBC exec Jeff Zucker to launch a syndicated talk show in 2012.
Couric confirmed rumors of maybe next tackling a daytime talk show in a Monday interview with the New York Times, saying, “[Zucker and I] talk a lot and, yes, we’ve been discussing the possibilities. That’s true.”
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The 54-year-old became the first female to solely anchor a nightly network newscast back in 2006, but since its launch, Evening News has consistently struggled with low ratings.
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