Image Credit: Michele Crowe/CBS News Tony Dokoupil was named the new face of CBS Evening News in December 2025. Amid a company-wide shakeup at CBS' parent company, Paramount-Skydance, Tony was switched to the nightly program from his previous co-hosting job at CBS Mornings. Now that he's settled into his new gig, viewers are wondering how much of a pay raise he got and what his salary was to begin with at CBS. On his first day at Evening News, Tony made a vow to viewers, while pointing out that many Americans grew to distrust "legacy media" brands.