Katie Couric Leaving 'CBS Evening News' Anchor Chair, According To Network Executive

NEW YORK - Katie Couric leaves the anchor post at "CBS Evening News" less than five years after becoming the first woman to head only one entry on the evening news television network.

A network manager, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Couric has not formally announced his plans, reported the shift to the night of the Associated Press on Sunday. The 54-year-old anchor is expected to launch a syndicated talk show in 2012 and several companies are vying for his services.

Couric is moving from NBC's "Today" show has been big news in 2006, and began under the chairmanship of the anchor of a gesture that September. She tried to integrate his forces as an investigator in a standard format on the evening news and millions of people who normally do not watch the news in the night I checked. But they are far away and the evening news broadcast back to a more traditional.

After those first weeks, the "CBS Evening News" set to the third place in the standings and is well behind leader Brian Williams of NBC's "Nightly News" and second place on ABC, Diane Sawyer, "World News. "