CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs under new leader Bari Weiss. All of them are women - EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

He is a veteran anchor with a long family legacy at CBS, and his exit presages a series of changes expected at the broadcast news division.

On Monday, Oct. 27, John Dickerson shocked fans when he announced, via Instagram, that he was officially leaving the network and his anchor position at CBS Evening News at the end of the year. “At the end of this year, I will leave CBS, 16 years after I sat in as Face the Nation anchor for the first time,” John’s caption on the post began.

He’s an excellent journalist, good human being, and someone you want in a newsroom,’ one staffer told The Independent about Dickerson’s pending departure.

John Dickerson is leaving CBS News after 16 years at the network, he announced on Oct. 27. He currently co-anchors 'CBS Evening News' with Maurice Dubois following the reboot of the weeknight broadcast in early 2025,

Sources said CBS is also canceling “CBS Mornings Plus,” a show co-hosted by Adriana Diaz and Tony Dokoupil, who has been tipped as a leading candidate to host “CBS Evening News.” According to one source, Friday will be the last broadcast of the show.