Despite the large week-over-week uptick, CBS Evening News still finished a distant third behind NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas and World News Tonight with David Muir.
"I’m incredibly grateful to John and Margo Catsimatidis, Chad Lopez, and the entire WABC team for believing in me, and to the listeners who’ve been with me through every high and low."
Burguiere has yet to announce what his next endeavor will entail. He told one commenter on social media that "I'll have more on what is next later in the week."
The Free Press, established by Weiss following her high-profile exit from The New York Times, was purchased by CBS News parent company Paramount Skydance last year for a reported $150 million.