ET confirms that Diane Sawyer is saying farewell to "Good Morning America" and hello to nightly news. 

Sawyer will be replacing Charlie Gibson on ABC's "World News" beginning in January.

Gibson has been the anchor of "World News" since May 2006, after replacing Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff.

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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a town hall on Friday, April 25, 2025, in Atlanta at the Cobb County Civic Center. (Jason Allen/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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