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  • July 2008
    • Want to Oust Couric? Show Her the Money

      Want to Oust Couric? Show Her the Money

      (Newser) - Katie Couric is keeping her CBS Evening News gig because it would be too expensive to fire her, sources tell the New York Post. Couric has a “pay or play” clause that would force the network to fork over $40 million if it replaces her. “The contract is airtight,” says one source. Les Moonves has “tried to get her to move on, and she was like, ‘Fine. I’ll leave—where’s my money?’” More »

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      CBS   Katie Couric   Leslie Moonves   CBS Evening News

  • May 2008
  • April 2008
    • Couric Gets Vote of Confidence

      Couric Gets Vote of Confidence

      (Newser) - Katie Couric will anchor the CBS Evening News for a long time to come, the network's CEO told staffers today, TVNewser reports. Les Moonves dropped in on the daily news meeting to dispel recent rumors that Couric is not long for the newscast, which sits at the bottom of the ratings heap. At the meeting, Couric said the show is "very much family." More »

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      CBS   news anchor   Katie Couric   TV ratings   network news   Leslie Moonves   CBS Evening News

    • Couric's Not Only Thing Networks Should Toss

      Couric's Not Only Thing Networks Should Toss

      (Newser) - Evening network news, with or without Katie Couric aboard, is going nowhere, Ron Grover writes in BusinessWeek —then offers suggestions on what the TV giants should do to hook viewers: Make the news available on the viewers' time: Get big-name anchors on tape earlier, and put those newscasts online. More »

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      NBC   CBS   ABC   Katie Couric   Brian Williams   network news   CBS Evening News   Charles Gibson   Anderson Cooper

    • Claims Chucked in Rather's Suit Against CBS

      Claims Chucked in Rather's Suit Against CBS

      (Newser) - A judge dismissed today some claims of fraud, breach of good faith, and fair dealing in a lawsuit filed against CBS top brass by former anchor Dan Rather, Variety reports. The $70 million suit charges CBS made Rather a scapegoat in the firestorm following revelations “Sixty Minutes” used dubious sources in an exposé on George W. Bush’s National Guard service. More »

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      lawsuit   National Guard   60 Minutes   Leslie Moonves   CBS Evening News   Dan Rather   Sumner Redstone

    • CBS May Dump Couric Early

      CBS May Dump Couric Early

      (Newser) - CBS may part ways with "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric as soon as the January 2009 inauguration, and long before her contract expires in 2011, reports the Wall Street Journal , citing anonymous sources from both camps. Network executives are tired of all-time low ratings that began with the switch from Dan Rather to Couric in 2006—after an interim with Bob Schieffer, whose ratings Couric still hasn't bested, the Journal notes. More »

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      television   media   CBS   news anchor   Katie Couric   contract   TV ratings   Larry King   Nielsen Ratings   television news   CBS Evening News   Dan Rather

    • CBS in Talks to Outsource News to CNN

      CBS in Talks to Outsource News to CNN

      (Newser) - CBS, the network of Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite that is widely credited with inventing television news, is considering outsourcing some of its news gathering activities to CNN, according to the New York Times. No deal is imminent but talks are reportedly taking place at the highest level at both networks. CBS denied negotiations were under way. More »

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      NBC   CBS   Time Warner   CNN   Katie Couric   ABC News   television news   Today Show   CBS News   Good Morning America   Dan Rather   CBS Evening News   TNS Media Intelligence

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