CBS Evening News co-host John Dickerson is leaving at the end of the year amid a push from the network’s new editor-in-chief to replace its on-air talent with Fox News personalities.

“I am extremely grateful for all that CBS gave me—the work, the audience’s attention and the honor of being a part of the network’s history—and I am grateful for my dear colleagues who’ve made me a better journalist and a better human,” Dickerson wrote in a post on Instagram. “I will miss you.”

Dickerson, who spent 16 years at CBS, is the network’s first high-profile exit since its parent company Paramount merged with billionaire David Ellison’s Skydance in August.

Earlier this month, Ellison—who like his father, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is friendly with President Donald Trump—installed conservative

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