John Dickerson, co-anchor of "CBS Evening News," said Monday he will exit the network at the end of the year. Dickerson will be the first major talent departure since the arrival of Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News last month.

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John Dickerson, a veteran reporter and co-anchor of “CBS Evening News,” announced on social media that he is leaving the network after 16 years. “Local news: At the end of this year, I will leave CBS, sixteen years after I sat in as Face the Nation anchor for the first time,” Dickerson said in a post on social media.

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John Dickerson, a veteran of CBS News and co-anchor of “CBS Evening News,” is leaving the network at the end of the year. Dickerson made the announcement in a social-media post Monday.

John Dickerson, who took over as co-anchor of CBS' evening news broadcast in January following the departure of Norah O'Donnell, is leaving the network at the end of the year. Dickerson shared the news in an Instagram post on Monday, Oct. 27.

Dickerson has been co-anchoring "CBS Evening News" since January, following Norah O'Donnell's exit from the network's flagship evening newscast.

Dickerson, formerly the moderator of 'Face the Nation,' is the first high-profile exit at CBS following the hire of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief.

CBS Evening was the big standout for the week of October 20, recording double-digit growth among total viewers across its five days of airing. This positive news is somewhat dimmed by the fact that one of the show’s co-hosts, John Dickerson, announced his intended departure from the broadcast and the network at the end of the year.