After just three years as ABC’s anchor Charlie Gibson — the highest rated of the three major network’s evening news anchors — will retire at the end of the year. From ABC:
“It has not been an easy decision to make,” Gibson, 66, said in an e-mail to the “World News” staff. “This has been my professional home for almost 35 years. And I love this news department, and all who work in it, to the depths of my soul.”
ABC News President David Westin said that he and Gibson have been talking about the decision for several weeks and that Gibson “has persuaded me that this is both what he wants and what is best for him.”
“Good Morning, America’s” Diane Sawyer will take over as evening news anchor. Which means that two out of the three major evening news shows will be anchored by women.
Love that.
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