ABC News is losing a veteran to Paramount Skydance news division in the first big move by CBS News.
Matt Gutman will be joining the new division on January 5, 2026, where he will act as the lead correspondent for 48 Hours. He’s expected to report for morning and evening news as well, and appear on 60 Minutes in the future.
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“Matt Gutman goes there. He brings the audience along with him to whatever story he is covering, and he approaches his work with the qualities we look for in all our journalists: fearlessness, energy and relentlessness,” Bari Weiss, CBS News editor-in-chief, said in a statement. “I cannot wait for him to get started.”
“I am thrilled to be joining CBS, a network with TV news’ most storied past, and most exciting future. With Bari and Tom at the helm, our mission is to tell the most important news stories and bring our audience along with us to places they wouldn’t otherwise be able to go, to give a voice to those who might otherwise not be heard, and to tell it straight,” Matt added.
In 2020, Matt had a significant moment at ABC when false reporting about Kobe Bryant led to his suspension.