In this image released by ABC, Charles Gibson of ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson," is shown in New York on Jan. 18, 2008. Gibson will retire at the end of the year and ABC News on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, appointed Diane Sawyer to replace him in January. (AP)
Diane Sawyer, who now co-hosts ABC’s 'Good Morning America' with Robin Roberts, will be replacing Charles Gibson as the anchor for ABC’s 'World News' in Jan. 2010.
Gibson, 66, who has been a staple at ABC for over three decades, has been planning his retirement since 2007. He remained on board after the death of Peter Jennings and the injury of Bob Woodruff in 2006.
GMA has not announced who will replace Sawyer or what will happen with the show after Sawyer leaves. Gibson had been a regular on GMA as well, but took over ABC World News after Jennings died from cancer in 2005, and Bob Woodruff, who was co-hosting the news with Elizabeth Vargas, suffered a wartime injury. Vargas became pregnant, and Gibson was recruited to take over the anchor position.
July 9, 2009 file photo of Diane Sawyer. (AP)
Sawyer’s move will mean that along with CBS’s Katie Couric, two of the three main anchors for broadcast network news will be women.
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