CBS News confirmed Monday that the network and Elliott ‘are parting way’ and he will no longer be reporting for CBS Ousted: Josh Elliott, 45, who had been CBSN’s lead daytime anchor, was fired on Monday, three days after announcing a big promotion live on air Just three days after CBS anchor Josh Elliott announced live on air that he was leaving the network’s digital station, purportedly to take on a bigger job with the news channel, he was abruptly terminated. Elliott, 45, who had been CBSN’s lead daytime anchor for less than a year, told viewers on Friday that it was his ‘last day.’