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Norah O'Donnell is returning to CBS Mornings after Labor Day, joining Gayle King and Nate Burleson in the anchor seat vacated when Tony Dokoupil shifted to CBS Evening News.
The move lands as parent company Paramount is on the cusp of a $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a deal that would put both CBS News and CNN under David Ellison's corporate umbrella.
O'Donnell previously co-hosted what was then called CBS This Morning from 2012 to 2019 alongside King, before moving to anchor CBS Evening News through 2025.
Show producer Jon Tower told staff in a memo that the two carry "a friendship and chemistry that extends beyond the studio." She is also joining 60 Minutes as a correspondent, part of a broader newsroom shakeup that added Ross Douthat, who left The New York Times for the role, and followed the firings of correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega, and Scott Pelley, along with Anderson Cooper's departure.
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