Gayle King is expected to depart CBS News when her contract comes up for renewal next year.
On Thursday, CBS addressed reports that King will depart CBS Mornings when her contract expires in May 2026.
CBS denied reports that King may be stepping into a different role at the network. Or that she could “potentially produce her own programming” for CBS.
“There have been no discussions with Gayle about her contract that runs through May 2026,” a CBS News spokesperson said in a statement to PEOPLE.
The news comes as CBS’ anti-woke editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, has made sweeping cuts to staffing and streaming shows. Over 100 staffers have been laid off at the network recently.
King got her start as a production assistant at WJZ-TV in Baltimore, where she met then-news anchor Oprah Winfrey. Oprah would go on to become King’s lifelong friend and benefactor.
After working as a reporter at WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C., King moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where she was a weekend anchor and general-assignment reporter at WDAF-TV.
In 1981, King worked as a news anchor for WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut, for 18 years.
She left WFSB to be a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show.
In 2006, King hosted The Gayle King Show on XM Satellite Radio. The show was canceled due to poor ratings.
The Gayle King Show aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) from January 3 to November 2011. King departed The Gayle King Show on OWN to co-anchor CBS This Morning alongside Charlie Rose and a series of rotating anchors.
In addition to CBS Mornings, King also serves as editor-at-large for Oprah Daily.
