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"Goodbye, Katie Couric, hello, Scott Pelley.\r\nOn Tuesday, CBS named Couric&amp;apos;s replacement as anchor of CBS Evening News: Scott Pelley.\r\nThe 60 Minutes correspondent, 53, was long rumored to be the new anchor of the series, and CBS News chairman Jeff Fager had high praise for the reporter.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Scott has it all,&amp;quot; Fager said in a statement. &amp;quot;He has the experience, the credibility and he is among the very best reporters ever to work at CBS News.\r\n&amp;quot;We like to think of CBS News as the &amp;apos;reporter&amp;apos;s network,&amp;apos; and I can&amp;apos;t think of anybody in this business better suited for the anchor chair than Scott.&amp;quot;\r\nCouric, 54, announced her decision to leave the evening broadcast after five years last Tuesday.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m really proud of the talented team on the CBS Evening News and the award-winning work we&amp;apos;ve been able to do,&amp;quot; Couric told Us Weekly. &amp;quot;In making the decision to move on, I know Evening News will be in great hands, but I am excited about the future.&amp;quot;\r\nHer next gig? &amp;quot;I am looking at a format that will allow me to engage in more multi-dimensional storytelling,&amp;quot; she hinted."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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