( CNN ) -- As expected , Katie Couric is leaving CBS Evening News , her representative , Matthew Hiltzik , told CNN on Tuesday . After weeks of speculation , Couric broke the news in an exclusive interview with People magazine . `` The bottom line is that I love doing all kinds of different stories , '' Couric told People . `` I have a lot of areas of interest and I want to be able to fulfill all of that . '' Couric told People she is considering a show format that will allow her to `` engage in in more multidimensional storytelling . '' She said details are still being worked out . Couric , 54 , took over the CBS news show in 2006 . She previously worked for NBC , and was co-host of NBC 's `` Today '' show for 15 years before leaving for CBS .
With Evening News anchor Katie Couric stepping down , representative resigned . She told People magazine she wanted to focus on ` ` more multidimensional storytelling '' She has anchored the CBS Evening News since 2006 .