Exclusive | CBS News boss preps Evening News shakeup even as his own job may be at risk: sources

The president of CBS News is preparing for a sharp-elbowed shakeup of the network’s struggling “Evening News” broadcast — even as his own job appears to be in jeopardy, The Post has learned.Tom Cibrowski — a former top executive at ABC who was lured to CBS in March — is poised as soon as this week to eliminate one of the nightly broadcast’s two anchors, either John Dickerson or Maurice DuBois, sources said.At the same time, insiders said Cibrowski looks ready to oust “Evening News” executive producer Guy Campanile — a gruff Yonkers native and veteran of “60 Minutes” who lately has locked horns with his new boss, according to sources.“Guy thinks he knows better than Tom” — and may soon get kicked back to “60 Minutes” under the show’s newly installed executive producer, Tanya Simon, one source said. Insiders said Cibrowski appears to making a play to keep his job with a series of bold, 11th-hour moves as CBS parent Paramount closes its merger with the Hollywood studio Skydance.They added, however, that Cibrowski may simply end up as a hatchet man for incoming bosses — before he ends up a casualty himself.As previously reported by The Post, Cibrowski has also gotten static from “CBS Mornings” executive producer Shawna Thomas — a close ally of network star Gayle King — and her job could be on the line, too, insiders told The Post.CBS News declined to comment.As reported by The Post, Jeff Shell, the new president of the merged Skydance-Paramount, said last week that he was interviewing news executives for Cibrowski’s job.

That comes after rumors that Skydance CEO David Ellison is in talks with journalist Bari Weiss, as well as former CBS News president David Rhodes, to join the network. At the “Evening News,” insiders said DuBois looked poised to land the sole anchor spot.A former WCBS New York local anchor, sources said Dubois has appeared better-suited for the job than Dickerson, who is better known for his politi...