Matt Gutman, ABC News’ chief national correspondent, is departing the network after his contract expired to join CBS News in a high-profile correspondent role.
The move marks the first major on-air hire by Bari Weiss since she was named editor-in-chief of CBS News in October, according to sources familiar with the decision who were not authorized to speak publicly.
Gutman did not respond to requests for comment.
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ABC News chose not to counter CBS’s offer after Gutman’s contract came up for renewal, people familiar with the talks said.
Gutman, who is based in Los Angeles, has been with ABC News since 2008, starting as a radio correspondent before being promoted to chief national correspondent on the television side in 2018. He previously worked at the Jerusalem Post, where he covered the West Bank.
He has earned journalism awards for his reporting on the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting and the 2018 Thai cave rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach. Gutman also spent 18 months reporting from Israel following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack and covered the deadly Los Angeles wildfires in January.