Former “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Gloor was fired by the Tiffany Network on Tuesday as part of larger layoffs at parent company Paramount Global. Gloor was replaced by Norah O'Donnell.
Glore, who held the anchor position previously held by Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather from 2017 to 2019, was ousted from the role and subsequently demoted to weekend duties as co-host of “CBS Saturday Morning” and special correspondent for CBS News.
A source familiar with the situation speculated that Mr Glore's salary was “too high” and that since he was moved to weekend shifts he has been avoiding “office politics” and speaking out less, preferring to keep to himself for the most part.
Representatives for CBS and Grohl declined to comment. Posts News of Glor's departure at X.
As The Post previously reported, Glore was removed from the CBS Evening News amid a fierce internal campaign by O'Donnell.
O'Donnell, who co-hosted the network's morning show with Gayle King, persuaded then-CBS News president Susan Zirinsky to give Glore her job and move the show, which was struggling in the ratings, from New York to Washington, D.C., according to sources.
The decision proved costly for CBS.
Not only did the network spend a lot of money to air the show, it also failed to budge its third-placed show in the ratings.
Viewer ratings fell about 25 percent during O'Donnell's five years at the helm, and the news program fell far behind rivals ABC and NBC.
CBS News executives announced this summer that O'Donnell would step down as anchor after the November presidential election.
The network also plans to move the show back to New York as a cost-saving measure and revamp it under CBS News journalist John Dickerson and WCBS anchor Maurice DuBois.
The changes come as CBS parent Paramount is in the midst of laying off 2,000 employees in an effort to cut $500 million from its budget ahead of a planned merger with Skydance Media, expected to close next year.
Paramount on Tuesday implemented the second phase of job cuts that began in August.
The company said 90% of the job cuts have been completed, with the remaining 10% to be implemented at a later date.
Sources told The Washington Post that the cuts are likely to be completed by the end of 2024, noting that CBS News' Washington, D.C. bureau is likely to take a hit after the election.
