In a major and uxexpected move, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson announced that he will retire at the end of the year, and Diane Sawyer will become the anchor of ABC's 'World News.'
The 66-year-old Gibson said in an email to ABC News staffers Wednesday that he had planned to retire as early as 2007, but that unexpected events in the news division resulted in him staying on. Longtime anchor Peter Jennings died in 2005, and then his replacement, Bob Woodruff, was seriously injured in Iraq in January of 2006.
Gibson, a former Congressional correspondent and co-host of 'Good Morning America,' has been a steadying influence on the flagship broadcast for ABC News."
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