Not so long ago, it seemed like big news that a woman — CBS’ Katie Couric — would be chosen to anchor the nightly news at a major network. Now Couric’s got some competition in Diane Sawyer, who’ll replace Charlie Gibson at ABC’s “World News” starting in January. –KA

New York Post:

ABC has now confirmed the move.

Sawyer, 63, now becomes the second woman to anchor an evening newscast– joining Katie Couric, who’s been anchoring the “CBS Evening News” since September 2006.

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