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Gayle King is anticipated to leave “CBS Mornings” after more than a years with the news program.

Numerous sources declare the reporter will step down after completing out the regard to her present agreement, which is up in May 2026, per Variety.

Nevertheless, it might not be a total farewell as King, 70, might possibly handle a brand-new function within the network’s department that is presently going through an internal shake-up due to Paramount’s $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media.

Gayle King is anticipated to bid farewell to “CBS Mornings” next May after almost a years as the face of the talk program. GC Images
Sources declare the reporter will be leaving after her agreement with Paramount is up in May 2026. CBS through Getty Images

The outlet included that King might end up with an offer to produce her own material for the network comparable to Norah O’Donnell, who formerly anchored “CBS Night News” up until she stepped down in January and now is a senior reporter for “CBS News.”

A CBS News representative informed Page 6 in a declaration: “There have actually been no conversations with Gayle about her agreement that goes through Might 2026. She’s a really valued part of CBS and we anticipate engaging with her about the future.”

A representative for King did not right away react to Page 6’s ask for remark.

Nevertheless, King might move functions at the network and might be considering an offer to produce her own shows. Getty Images for Perelman Carrying Out Arts Center (PAC NEW YORK CITY)
A source near the circumstance informed Page 6 that absolutely nothing has actually been set and King has actually not made strategies yet. CBS

A source informed Page 6 that absolutely nothing has actually been set at all and King has actually made no strategies yet. Another expert declared King has “really various politics” from CBS News brand-new editorial director, Bari Weiss, who has actually currently made numerous radical changes to the organization.

As Page 6 formerly reported in Might, King signed a 1 year agreement extension that would keep her as the face of the early morning program up until next summertime.

Prior to the report, King had actually currently taken a pay lowered from $13 million to $10 million.

King signs up with the similarity “CBS Saturday Early Morning,” which was supposedly set as the very first significant casualty of the pending cuts concerning CBS News, according to The Post.

The reporter formerly signed an agreement extension with the network in Might that would keep her as the face of the early morning program through Might 2026. CBS through Getty Images
The modification comes in the middle of numerous shock within the network’s news department as Paramount prepares to combine with Skydance Media. CBS through Getty Images

Sources near the circumstance declare the 28-year-old program is now arranged to go through an overall revamp by Weiss and the network’s president Tom Cibrowski.

Experts likewise exposed that co-anchors Michelle Miller, Dana Jacobson and the program’s executive manufacturer Brian Applegate have actually been alerted of these modifications and are on their escape.

The modifications followed it was revealed that CBS had actually axed its signature late-night program, “The Late Program with Stephen Colbert,” which will end in May, and will be biding farewell to “CBS Night News” anchor John Dickerson.

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