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"From one Today Show star to another...\r\nWhen Katie Couric confirmed her departure from CBS News on Tuesday, her many admirers took it as a sign of even greater things to come -- including Meredith Vieira, who became co-anchor on the Today Show in 2006, when Couric left to anchor CBS&amp;apos; Evening News.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I only wish her the best. I just found out today,&amp;quot; Vieira, 57, tells Us Weekly. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not surprised. I&amp;apos;m sure it&amp;apos;s a decision that she took a long time making. Whatever she does, she&amp;apos;ll do it very well.&amp;quot;\r\nVieira is rumored to be in the midst of career changes herself; earlier this month, it was reported that she may leave The Today Show in September when her contract runs out.  Her co-anchor Matt Lauer is also said to be mulling a departure -- and could reteam with Couric, 54, for a new series.\r\nPHOTOS: LOL! The Today crew gets wacky\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m really proud of the talented team on the CBS Evening News  and the award-winning work we&amp;apos;ve been able to do,&amp;quot; Couric said in a statement Tuesday. &amp;quot;In making the decision to move on, I know Evening News will be in great hands, but I am excited about the future.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I am looking at a format that will allow me to engage in more multi-dimensional storytelling,&amp;quot; she added. &amp;quot;The bottom line is that I love doing all kinds of different stories. I have a lot of areas of interest and I want to be able to fulfill all of that.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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