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05-03-2011, 05:28 PM
By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY
It's official. CBS says Scott Pelley, 53,http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/lifeline-live/2011/05/03/scottx-inset-community.jpg
will take over as its evening news anchor, starting on June 6.
The network on Tuesday announced the news that had been widely-speculated. Pelley, a veteran 60 Minutes reporter, to replace Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News.
Couric is said to be pursuing a syndicated talk show, but hasn't said where she will be working next. The date for her final CBS broadcast has not been set.
Pelley is a Texas native who has worked at CBS for two decades. He attended journalism school at Texas Tech University, and he and his wife, Jane Boone Pelley, have a son and a daughter.
Pelley will inherit a broadcast that is in last place in the ratings behind NBC and ABC, and has been for some time. CBS said Pelley will continue to do stories for 60 Minutes.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/05/cbs-scott-pelley-to-take-katie-courics-job/1
It's official. CBS says Scott Pelley, 53,http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/lifeline-live/2011/05/03/scottx-inset-community.jpg
will take over as its evening news anchor, starting on June 6.
The network on Tuesday announced the news that had been widely-speculated. Pelley, a veteran 60 Minutes reporter, to replace Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News.
Couric is said to be pursuing a syndicated talk show, but hasn't said where she will be working next. The date for her final CBS broadcast has not been set.
Pelley is a Texas native who has worked at CBS for two decades. He attended journalism school at Texas Tech University, and he and his wife, Jane Boone Pelley, have a son and a daughter.
Pelley will inherit a broadcast that is in last place in the ratings behind NBC and ABC, and has been for some time. CBS said Pelley will continue to do stories for 60 Minutes.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/05/cbs-scott-pelley-to-take-katie-courics-job/1