The Biggest TV News Departures and Shake-Ups of 2024

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• CBS News President Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews joined Kim Godwin starting his broadcast news perch. The announcement of her exit in early July, although Ciprián-Matthews has been in an advisory role for the November elections, came against the backdrop of larger changes at CBS News, which will see her parent company, Paramount Global, merger with Skydance Media in 2025. A new one leadership team was announced in August with Adrienne Roark enters the role of Ciprián-Matthews.
• July ended with another big change for the Eye Network: CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell announced that she would be stepping down from the anchor chair and continues in a role that allows for more long-form interviews and special projects. O’Donnell’s goodbye is expected for January 24 at which point the perpetual third place of evening news will undergo significant revision and returns with new co-anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois.
• At the beginning of August, CNN media analyst Oliver Darcy joined the ranks of journalists going solo, starting from the network launch their Status Newsletter. It has since broken a number of major media stories, including the former New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzithe alleged relationship with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Darcy’s departure also set the stage for the return of the founder Reliable Sources—and the creator of TVNewser—Brian Stelter at CNN
• Innovative talk show host Phil Donahue died August 19, aged 88inspiring an influx of tributes from his friends and contemporaries. Among his many achievementsDonahue was the first host to welcome an openly gay guest on his daytime show, humanizing a community that was still vilified by society at large.
• If you stay awake until the clock strikes midnight on August 25, you should have heard the final moments of WCBS 880, New York’s popular all-news radio station. After a dear farewell from Wayne Cabotthe station’s feed switched to an all-sports format powered by ESPN. It was one of the biggest losses of 2024 for local news, and the end of an institution that New Yorkers have known and loved for 60 years.
• Speaking of institutions, Jorge Ramos announced in September that he is ending his four decades in Noticias Univision. The co-anchor of Noticiero Univision stressed that it was a mutual decision to separate. Ramos plans to announce his next move after signing for the end of this month.
• The morning show landscape has changed Hoda KotbThe announcement she will make they start from today’s show couch early next year, with Craig Melvin take his place. While Kotb says he wanted to spend more time with his children, other reports suggest that a proposed pay cut may have led to his exit. The news precedes rumblings that ABC News is looking to cut costs on GMA as it enters contract negotiations Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan and George Stephanopoulos.
• Before the election, Scripps News announced that would be getting out of the 24/7 news gamewhich resulted in more than 200 layoffs, including the president of news, Kate O’Brian. Scripps chairman and CEO Adam Symson cited a lack of revenue growth as one of the reasons for the cuts, highlighting the increasingly difficult economy for media outlets that are not supported by large corporations or a strong subscriber base.