CBS' Scott Pelley Out As Evening News Anchor, Shifted To '60 Minutes'
It's unclear how fully Pelley embraced the plan or its timing. His newscast lost 9 percent of its audience from a year ago, despite high interest in the news. CBS has not announced a replacement.
by David Folkenflik
May 31, 2017
1 minute
CBS News is replacing Scott Pelley as anchor of its flagship evening newscast, part of a move intended to shift him full-time to its prestige newsmagazine 60 Minutes, according to a well-placed source at the network.
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