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  • July 2008

    • Want to Oust Couric? Show Her the Money

      New York Post  |  Jul 28, 08 2:20 PM CDT

      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

    • So Long Katie; Don't Let the Door Hit You

      New Yorker  |  May 20, 08 12:41 PM CDT

      So Long Katie; Don't Let the Door Hit You

      (Newser) - Katie Couric’s unhappy tenure as CBS Evening News anchor will soon end, and not a moment too soon for Nancy Franklin of the New Yorker. Couric seemed likely to succeed at the start, but she wound up ditching the qualities people liked in her and becoming a teleprompter-reading automaton. But above all, she lacked what declining network news shows need: passion. More »

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      media  • Katie Couric  • news anchor  • network television  • television news  • Leslie Moonves  • CBS Evening News

    • CBS Shells Out $1.8B to Buy CNET

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 15, 08 8:33 AM CDT

      CBS Shells Out $1.8B to Buy CNET

      (Newser) - CBS has agreed to buy CNET for $1.8 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The merger comes just as CNET was facing a full-scale shareholder revolt. Now, those investors are getting $11.50 a share, a price the stock hasn’t touched in two years and a 45% premium on yesterday’s close. Those shares immediately soared to $11.30 in premarket trading. More »

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      Internet  • mergers and acquisitions  • CBS  • hedge fund  • investors  • Leslie Moonves  • CNET

  • April 2008

    • Couric Gets Vote of Confidence

      Mediabistro blogs  |  Apr 18, 08 2:40 PM CDT

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

    • Trouble at CBS Runs Wide and Deep

      New York Times  |  Apr 14, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Trouble at CBS Runs Wide and Deep

      (Newser) - With trouble plaguing most divisions of CBS, last week's flap over Katie Couric's contract was just one of the countless items on Les Moonves' to-do list, the New York Times reports. Ad sales are down industry-wide, Fox is on the tail of the prime-time division and gaining fast, and the radio division and online presence lag competitors. More »

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      CBS  • earnings reports  • Fox  • Katie Couric  • CBS News  • Leslie Moonves

    • Claims Chucked in Rather's Suit Against CBS

      Variety  |  Apr 10, 08 5:40 PM CDT

      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

  • December 2007
  • September 2007

    • Bitter Rather Wants CBS to Pay

      Washington Post  |  Sep 21, 07 10:34 AM CDT

      Bitter Rather Wants CBS to Pay

      (Newser) - Three years after the dust settled around CBS' firing of Dan Rather, the former anchor is quite content to fan the flames around his career low point—all in the name of revenge. Rather, 75, tells the Washington Post that he filed his $70 million suit against the network he says abandoned him because, "The only punishment they understand is the money." More »

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      George W. Bush  • White House  • CBS  • Leslie Moonves  • Dan Rather  • scapegoat

  • June 2007

    • Rather's 'Tart' Comment makes CBS Chief Sour

      Breitbart  |  Jun 12, 07 10:10 PM CDT

      Rather's 'Tart' Comment makes CBS Chief Sour

      (Newser) - CBS chief Leslie Moonves returned fire on Dan Rather today, calling his criticism of Katie Couric "sexist."  In a telephone interview with MSNBC Monday, Rather had accused his unsuccessful successor of taking the nightly news and "dumbing it down, tarting it up." Rather cited Couric for playing up celebrities at the cost of war coverage. More »

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      television  • CBS  • news  • Katie Couric  • Leslie Moonves  • Dan Rather

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