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Scott Pelley will take over Katie Couric’s chair at the CBS Evening News, the network confirmed in a statement Tuesday. Pelley will begin anchoring the broadcast (which will be renamed the CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley) on June 6.
Pelley has been the favorite for the position since Couric announced her departure last week, and many news outlets are categorizing CBS’s decision to appoint Pelley as “playing it safe.”
In an interview with The New York Times, Pelley said that he thinks the CBS Evening News has promise.
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