CBS News kicked off Monday with an ebullient Gayle King announcing she will remain on CBS This Morning, joined by two new co-hosts, while Norah O’Donnell is leaving to become anchor of CBS Evening News and John Dickerson heads to 60 Minutes. But it’s Jeff Glor who was trending worldwide Monday morning, as O’Donnell’s appointment left the current CBS Evening News anchor the odd man out. King called Glor a “fantastic journalist,” adding, “we all hope very much he will continue working here; it will be his decision.” Then she moved on, leaving Glor to mop up, hours later, at the close of his newscast. “You may have heard about changes taking place here at CBS News,” he began. The changes affect “colleagues, the unmatched evening news team, and me,” said Glor, who suffered through being referenced as of-a-former-era in Monday morning’s announcement. “The outpouring of support from you has been everything, so thank you for that,” Glor added. “I’d like to think we’re all guided by something bigger than one moment and one broadcast. I have always wanted to do work that matters, and still do. That is something that will never change.” In conclusion, Glor told viewers, “I have family, friends and, in the future, far more to share with all of you. It will be great. I promise. Just as you are. Thank you for watching. Good Night. I’ll see you tomorrow.”<doc-sep>Outgoing "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor reportedly announced in a Wednesday staff meeting that his last broadcast on the program will be Friday. The Daily Beast report on Glor's exit comes less than 18 months after he was named lead anchor of the network's flagship newscast. ADVERTISEMENT The program has struggled from a ratings perspective, however, regularly finishing in third place behind ABC's "World News Tonight" with David Muir and "The NBC Nightly News" with Lester Holt. CBS announced on Monday that former "CBS This Morning" co-anchor Norah O'Donnell will replace Glor. It is not clear what his role with the network will be moving forward. O'Donnell, who has served as co-anchor of “This Morning" since 2012, will also serve as managing editor and as a contributor to "60 Minutes." The network also said Monday that John Dickerson will be departing its morning show for "60 Minutes.” Dickerson will also have a role in 2020 election specials.<doc-sep>Norah O’Donnell won’t take over as anchor of “CBS Evening News” until this summer. But the current anchor of the program isn’t going to stay at the show until that time. Jeff Glor, who has been the face of “CBS Evening News” since late 2017, has told staff he will step down as anchor of the evening newscast after Friday’s program, according to three people familiar with the matter. Glor is currently in discussions about taking a new role at CBS News, and Susan Zirinsky, the president of the news operations, told Variety earlier this week, that the anchor remains in discussions with CBS News “about a couple of different roles, and I hope he stays.” Glor is leaving the program as part of a broader overhaul at CBS News that will change not only the evening broadcast, but “CBS This Morning” as well. CBS is betting that a new team of Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil can reverse viewership declines at the A.M. program, and that moving O’Donnell to evenings (and her roost to Washington, D.C. from New York) will make the nightly newscast more relevant to a national audience. Glor has been with CBS News since 2007, and has developed a reputation for reporting and producing what one staffer called “beautiful” pieces about topics ranging from the national debt to an exhibit about Auschwitz concentration camps on display at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. He also snared interviews with President Donald Trump during his time behind the “Evening News” desk. But staying at “Evening News” in a transitional moment is not a desirable role for any anchor or correspondent. Nor is it a situation most networks tend to indulge. CBS News declined to make executives available for comment, and the network has not yet indicated who might fill in at “Evening News” until O’Donnell starts her tenure. “I have family, friends, and, in the future, far more to share with all of you,” he said to viewers at the end of Monday’s “Evening News” broadcast. “It will be great, I promise.”<doc-sep>
Jeff Glor, the anchor for “CBS Evening News," will leave the broadcast on Friday, according to a CBS source who did not wish to be named. It is still unclear if Glor is remaining with the network in some capacity or departing entirely, though the source added, “There is still a negotiation and we hope he stays.” Both CBS officials and Glor’s representatives at OManagement declined comment on his continued employment. A message sent to Glor’s assistant was not immediately returned. The Daily Beast was first to report that Glor’s final broadcast is Friday. Glor is out at the broadcast after a top to bottom shake-up at CBS News. On Monday the CBS News president, Susan Zirinsky, named “This Morning” anchor Norah O’Donnell as the new anchor and managing editor of “CBS Evening News.” O’Donnell is scheduled to take over in the summer, according to a CBS News announcement about the transition. The broadcast is also expected to move to Washington D.C., in part so O’Donnell can pursue more breaking news from the capitol. A person familiar with network plans said that CBS will pull from its bench of existing anchors to replace Glor in the short term. Ratings on the show had slipped eight percent among the all important 25-54 year old demographic, which is prized by advertisers, over the first four months of this year versus last year. The ratings issue put pressure on Zirinsky to make a change. Glor took over the show in December 2017 and had one of the shortest tenures of an evening news anchor. He was preceded by Scott Pelley, who moved to “60 Minutes.” Pelley anchored the broadcast between June 2011 and 2017. On Monday, CBS News’ “This Morning” anchor Gayle King praised Glor’s journalism and said she hoped he would remain at the network. Glor addressed viewers on Monday, saying at the end of his broadcast he would have, “far more to share with all of you. It will be great. I promise. Just as you are. Thank you for watching. Good night.”