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Gayle King could soon say goodbye to the "CBS Mornings" anchor chair ... with a new report claiming the TV legend is expected to step down next year amid major shakeups under new network leadership.

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00:00Gayle King may be the latest victim of layoffs at CBS.

00:06It is unclear, and it seems from what we got from her today,

00:13that what's being said inside the building is different than what's being said outside.

00:18Very different, and you're about to hear.

00:21We got Gayle as she was leaving the CBS studio this morning,

00:24and it's pretty clear she's ticked off about these reports that she is on the outs,

00:31because basically she's saying,

00:34what they're saying to my face does not match the media.

00:37Here's what she had to say.

00:38We're all wondering if you might be going in another direction.

00:42Do you have an answer as of yet?

00:43All I've been told by everybody in this building is that they want me here.

00:48They like the job I'm doing.

00:49I like the job I'm doing.

00:51I'll say this.

00:52I like the job and the people that I work with.

00:55So I don't know what to tell you.

00:57I was, I was, I don't know what to tell you about it.

01:00But what I'm hearing in the building is not what I'm reading in the press.

01:04And what I'm not going to do is negotiate in the media.

01:07I'm not doing that.

01:08All right, do you have an idea, like, what things might look like in May

01:11if the show's going in another direction?

01:13I have no idea.

01:14I have no idea.

01:16All I know is I am here.

01:18I am here and glad to be here.

01:19So Harvey and Charles are going to continue to do my job.

01:22Thank you, Miss Kay.

01:23She used one word that makes me think.

01:27There is a word there.

01:28Uh-huh.

01:29The word is negotiate.

01:32Her contract is up in May.

01:33She said, I'm not going to negotiate in public.

01:36And it makes me think, what, exactly.

01:38When she said that, I thought what she was actually saying is,

01:40maybe this is some ploy on their part to try and, that it is, like, them starting negotiations

01:48by planting something out there?

01:50Well, look.

01:51Maybe she thinks that.

01:51I don't know.

01:52But you're right.

01:53There is a story out there that she's being taken off the morning show,

01:57but they're trying to find another place for her within CBS Network, and that you could

02:04argue that the negotiation would be, does she continue doing that, at what rate, all of

02:09that.

02:09But she seems to be saying that, so far, they haven't played their cards.

02:14And, look, I've worked in enough newsrooms, and you have, too, but I've worked in, I remember

02:20some TV newsrooms where what happens is there are rumors that go around.

02:26Oftentimes, the rumors are true, but the management won't talk about it until they actually pull

02:32the trigger.

02:33And it may be that that's going on now, because the stories that are out there, they're citing

02:38sources within the network.

02:40So it could be that those sources are saying, here's the handwriting that's on the wall, but

02:44they haven't announced that yet to the talent in the building.

02:47Right.

02:48Which, again, we don't know, or it's just not true.

02:51But there's been a lot of shake-ups at CBS just after the merger.

02:56Well, also, they have a new president of news, Barry Weiss, and she is causing quite the stir

03:04within the building.

03:06A lot of her views don't necessarily align with the views of the, especially the old-timers there.

03:12And there have been layoffs already at CBS.

03:16And they're also the lowest-rated morning show, CBS is.

03:19Which is absolutely true, which is, I'm sure, what, you know, that's part of the marching

03:23orders that Barry Weiss has, is we can't be the lowest-rated.

03:28Their PR team is denying all of this as well.

03:30Have they said flat-out no?

03:32They said that, I believe that they did say that, right?

03:34They said that this was not true.

03:35The PR team came out with a statement to Brendan yesterday.

03:37Yeah, they came out with a statement that said, we are not, we have no plans, basically

03:42saying, we have no plans at this point to move on from Gail.

03:46And for them to speak, because if you're going to speak, you can't say it unless it's as a

03:52PR team.

03:52You know what, that's actually, I didn't know that the PR team was that definitive.

03:55Yeah.

03:55That's actually really interesting, because I don't think they would say that, and then

03:59a week later, that it comes to pass.

04:01Or a month later.

04:02Or a month later.

04:03Or even, yeah.

04:03But remember, we're right now in October, almost November, and this is May we're talking

04:09about.

04:10They're saying there has been no discussion with Gail about her contract that runs through

04:14May 2026.

04:15Listen to the way there's been no discussion with her about her contract.

04:18No, no discussion with Gail.

04:19She's truly valued for CBS, and we look forward to engaging with her about her future.

04:23That doesn't say the story's not true.

04:26And that's what Gail is pointing to, is that people are saying to me, everything's great,

04:30we love you, but she's been around, she knows the business, that there could be people talking

04:36at CBS about making a change, they just haven't brought it to her or her representative.

04:42That's really interesting.

04:44And that is a PR statement dancing around.

04:45That is a PR statement saying, yeah, Gail's right, we haven't talked to her yet.

04:49But that doesn't mean that the story's...

04:51And if you read it quickly, they are refuting it.

04:54But if you really look into it, they're not.

04:55They're not really refuting it.

04:56They're not.

04:57Hi, I'm T-Rex from Gulf Shores, Alabama, and I want to talk about Gail King.

05:00It is surprising to hear about the potential shakeups.

05:03Gail has been a constant delivering news and with heart and integrity.

05:08It's clear that CBS is in a period of transformation.

05:11Whatever happens, Gail's impact on morning news is undeniable, and I'm intrigued to see what

05:16she has coming up next.

05:18Yeah.

05:19I got to say, that statement from the PR department, at first when Casey said that, I thought,

05:24okay, well, they're going to shoot it down.

05:26They did exactly the opposite as far as I'm concerned.

05:29They don't think that's what they were doing.

05:30They think that they were...

05:31Clever.

05:32...quilling it.

05:32They were clever, but...

05:33Nope.

05:34Nope.

05:37So we just took a five-minute break, and I made a phone call.

05:41Uh-huh.

05:41I got some information.

05:42Really?

05:43I am told...

05:44How about Gail?

05:44Yes.

05:45Yes.

05:45I am told this is about money, and...

05:49Well, that's...

05:50No.

05:51It's not about, do we want her off the show?

05:53Well, hold on a second.

05:54Money as in her salary, or money as in how...

05:56She is making a lot of money, and CBS is hacking like crazy, and this is...

06:03Like a lot of people in the media.

06:04Like a lot of people.

06:05And I am told this is about money right now, and they are negotiating, and this is more

06:11a money thing than anything else.

06:13It's not, we want to get her off the morning show.

06:16It's that they don't want to pay the kind of money they're paying her.

06:18She makes a lot of money.

06:20And Gail, for her part, you know, Gail is a very social person.

06:25She's out all the time.

06:26This is a really tough schedule for her.

06:28Right.

06:29So she's balancing that, I'm told, in this negotiation against what they want to do,

06:35which is to cut salary.

06:37So they're negotiating...

06:38So that is why she used the N-word, negotiate.

06:41Yes.

06:42Yes.

06:43When we asked her what was going on.

06:45I got something else for you.

06:46Remember, that was not part of the report, it was about negotiation.

06:48That's right.

06:49She's used that word.

06:49And I am told that's what this is about, from somebody in the know.

06:53Right.

06:54I got something else.

06:56They're eyeing other people over at CBS right now.

07:00From Fox News Channel.

07:06That's very interesting.

07:09I thought you'd think that.

07:10Wow.

07:10They are eyeing people, I am told, and I'm told take this to the bank, at Fox News Channel.

07:16Because Fox News Channel is the highest rated cable show by far, and I believe beats this.

07:22So makes sense.

07:23They are looking at people at Fox News Channel.

07:26Whether the people at Fox News Channel would go over to CBS.

07:30Would be interested in going to, because that's a culture shift.

07:33Well, not just a culture shift, but they're number one, and CBS is the opposite.

07:37But you know how this works in media.

07:39Like, you're going to appeal to someone's ego, I don't know who they're eyeing, and you go,

07:44look, you're number one.

07:45You can make us number one, because you're the one who's made Fox number one.

07:49Interesting, huh?

07:50Very interesting.

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