When CBS decided to part ways with CBS O&O President Peter Dunn and VP of News David Friend, CBS CEO George Cheeks sent an email to the staff.

In that email, Cheeks talked about who would be running things with the pair now gone. Cheeks wrote, “Until we have new leadership in place, Bryon Rubin will continue to run the Stations group while Kim Godwin will continue her oversight of Stations’ news operations”

Well, it appears that now CBS must find a replacement for the replacement when it comes to overseeing news at the O&O’s.

Kim Godwin appears to be headed to ABC News to become the first Black executive to lead a broadcast network news division in the U.S.

Variety writes that Godwin has had an offer from Disney’s ABC for several weeks, according to a person familiar with the matter, but only in the last few days did CBS CEO George Cheeks agree to let the executive out of her contract.

There has been no official announcement of Godwin’s hire and there is always a chance decision-making might change.