Gayle King has made it official: She will remain with CBS News.
King has been co-anchoring CBS’ morning show, which used to be called “CBS This Morning”Since 2012.
King broke the news on her SiriusXM radio program. “Gayle King in the House,”Friday “I officially signed on the dotted line. So I will be with CBS a little longer.”
There had speculation in recent weeks over King’s future at CBS News. CNN reported last Wednesday that King had signed an extension to his contract. But no official announcement was made. Earlier this week, the New York Times added that CNN chief Jeff Zucker had approached King’s reps about joining the network’s primetime lineup as a replacement for Chris Cuomo.
King spoke Friday about speculation concerning her future.
“I don’t know why people thought that just because you have a grandchild now all of a sudden you just want to give up your career and go sit in California,”King spoke. “No. I still, you know, I still feel that in many ways I’m just getting started. So I celebrated my 10 year anniversary, that was always great fun.”
King claimed that she signed her contract on Thursday.
CBS News asked Brian Williams, the MSNBC anchor who had recently left, to take over its nightly news broadcast earlier in the week. AccordingCNN released a new report. Also according to that report, Williams said no — twice.
CNN cites three people familiar in the story, which details how CBS News president and co-head Neeraj Khemlani tried to bring William on board two times, but Williams was not interested in replacing current anchor Norah O’Donnell.