CBS News anchor Scott Pelley has been fired from the network's flagship evening news show.

Page Six reported that the face of CBS Evening News had his office cleared out while he was away on assignment for 60 Minutes.

'It's been coming for a long time. This could have been handled better - [Pelley] is away on a story, and they’re cleaning out his office,' a source told the gossip column.

CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley is said to be out of a job there and his office cleared while he was out on assignment

'It's not the correct way to treat the face of CBS news,' they added.

The move apparently came because of friction between Pelley and CBS News president David Rhodes.

The source said the pair 'don't get on.'

'[Rhodes] 'is making [Pelley] move to 60 Minutes,' the source said.

There was also the fact that Pelley didn't get good ratings.

He is now believed to be making a permanent move to 60 Minutes, where he has been a correspondent since 2004.

Sources said Pelley and CBS News president David Rhodes (pictured) 'didn't get on'

Senior national correspondent Anthony Mason (left) had been filling in for Pelley (right) during his absence. He will likely continue until a permanent replacement is named

There is said to be friction between Pelley (left) and Rhodes (right). The pair are seen together at a CBS News event in LA in 2011

Another source told CNN that it was in fact Pelley who asked his office be cleared out while he was away.

Pelley was dubbed 'Poison Pelley' after he supposedly screamed at a reporter in 2013, 'You wouldn't last 10 seconds at CBS News!'

Pelley made a name for himself as the network's Chief White House Correspondent between 1997 and 1999. He is pictured covering a press conference in 1998

He made a name for himself as the network's Chief White House Correspondent between 1997 and 1999.

Pelley then served as a Correspondent on 60 Minutes II from 1999 to 2004, before moving to 60 Minutes.

The silver-haired anchor took over from Katie Couric as the anchor for CBS Evening News in 2011.

CBS News didn't comment on the story but expects to make a formal announcement on Wednesday.

Senior national correspondent Anthony Mason had been filling in for Pelley during his absence.

He will likely continue until a permanent replacement is named, sources told CNN.

One name being bandied about is Norah O’Donnell of 'CBS This Morning,' reported the Los Angeles Times. However, there might be a reluctance to break up the show's lineup, which includes Gayle King and Charlie Rose, as so far it's been successful.

In 2011, David Rhodes became the youngest network news president at the age of 38 when he was hired at CBS from Fox.