CBS Evening News will be renewed after the election, with John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois anchoring from New York and an ensemble featuring Margaret Brennan reporting regularly from Washington, D.C., and Lonnie Quinn providing weather reports.

Norah O'Donnell, who has been anchoring the news for the past five years, announced earlier this week that she will step down after the election to become a senior correspondent, focusing on major one-on-one interviews and in-depth reporting.

In addition to the new format, plans include adding more 60 Minutes content and correspondents to the broadcast, with that show's executive producer, Bill Owens, expanding his role to serve as supervising producer of the evening news. Correspondents from the show will sign on to cover the Evening News "when they have major news to report," according to a memo sent to employees today by CBS News and Stations CEO Wendy McMahon.

The changes are a departure from the solo anchor format that has always been a standard part of CBS Evening News, aside from a brief and failed attempt to pair Connie Chung with Dan Rather in the 1990s.