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 Against Odds, 
 Katie Couric 
 Perseveres 
 at CBS 

After trying to change 'too much too soon,' Couric finally seems comfortable

Sep 21, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last year, it seemed Katie Couric’s days in the CBS anchor chair were numbered. Now, she not only plans to stay there until her contract expires in 2011, she's starting a weekly Charlie Rose-esque webcast—and her destinations post-Evening News could include 60 Minutes or CNN. “Her... More »

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Al Gore • Katie Couric • CBS • webcast • news anchor • CBS Evening News • Hugh Jackman

 FCC to Probe Nipplegate, Again 

Says CBS should have used tape delay to prevent incident

Sep 16, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five years after the nation saw a split-second of Janet Jackson’s right boob, the FCC is trying to reopen the case, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The FCC is asking the Third Circuit Appeals Court to remand the case back to the agency. The evidence “strongly suggests that... More »

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CBS • FCC • Super Bowl • Janet Jackson • US Court of Appeals • wardrobe malfunction • US Supreme Court • Federal Communications Commission

(Newser) - David Letterman is handily beating his new late-night rival, Conan O’Brien, in the ratings—just not in some of the key, younger demographics. And that’s due to his singular, quirky charms, writes Peter W. Kaplan in New York, calling Letterman the “last grown-up on network television.... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • CBS • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Sarah Palin • Late Show

FOX Network Won't Air Prez Health Care Address

So You Think You Can Dance kicks speech

Sep 7, 09 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fox Broadcast Network won't carry President Obama's congressional address on health-care reform Wednesday, and will instead run So You Think You Can Dance, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The Fox News cable channel will carry the address. The Fox network also skipped Obama's July 22 speech. ABC, CBS, NBC,... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • NBC • CBS • MSNBC • ABC • Fox News • PBS • So You Think You Can Dance? • Fox network

Time Warner Enlists Networks for Internet TV Test

'TV Everywhere' to include CBS, HBO, and more

Aug 28, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Time Warner has signed up at least a dozen networks for a new Internet TV service, and plans to test the service in select markets soon, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. Onboard are CBS, HBO, Syfy, AMC, and Time Warner’s own TNT and TBS, among others. Time Warner... More »

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television • Time Warner • CBS • HBO • online videos • AMC • TV industry • Time Warner Cable • Sci-Fi Channel • Syfy

Cronkite Will Leaves
Gal Pal High and Dry

Money goes to kids, CBS staff; daughter: 'it was about my mother'

Aug 23, 09 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Walter Cronkite left nada in his will for his opera star girlfriend, reports the New York Post. The 2005 document, written before he and singer Joanna Simon became attached at the hip, divides Cronkite's estate among his three kids and his CBS staff. The newsman’s daughter says Cronkite never... More »

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CBS • will • inheritance • Walter Cronkite • girlfriend

(Newser) - CBS and Pepsi have teamed up for an experiment in advertising that seems out of the Harry Potter films: talking video advertisements in the pages of Entertainment Weekly. Selected magazine subscribers in New York and LA  will receive copies embedded with wafer-thin screens the width of a mobile phone display,... More »

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CBS • advertising • Pepsi • magazine industry • mobile video • Entertainment Weekly • Jay-ZTV

Rather Digs In for Legal War With CBS

Tarnished newsman calls lawsuit a stand
vs. corporate bullies

Aug 16, 09 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dan Rather is still out to prove that CBS sacrificed him to appease its corporate backers and conservative allies, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a $70-million lawsuit filed 2 years ago, Rather claimed that CBS, caving to Viacom and the Bush administration, forced him to retract a controversial story... More »

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CBS • Dan Rather • lawsuit • CBS News • George W. Bush • Texas Air National Guard

(Newser) - Don Imus is negotiating with Fox Business to broadcast a video simulcast of his morning talk show, the Los Angeles Times reports. Imus had a simulcast deal with MSNBC when his radio show was on CBS, before he referred to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • MSNBC • shock jocks • Fox Business Network • radio stations • Rutgers University • WABC • RFD-TV • talk-show host • simulcast

Networks Complain About Obama Hour

Broadcasters say 'overexposed' prez wastes valuable time

Aug 3, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Networks are not happy about the primetime hour that President Obama's July 22 news conference took up, reports Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Rahm Emanuel called the top brass at all three networks to ensure they carried the event. The networks both resent the pressure and complain that... More »

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Bush administration • television • Barack Obama • NBC • CBS • ABC • press conference • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • network television • George W. Bush • television news • Obama administration • President Obama • prime time

(Newser) - CBS is selling ad time for Super Bowl XLIV for $2 million to $3 million … or best offer, media buyers tell Advertising Age. Not wanting to wind up like NBC, which boldly declared that 30-second spots would cost an average $3 million, only to see sales evaporate... More »

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CBS • advertising rates • Super Bowl ads • Super Bowl XLIV

(Newser) - After months of promoting Jay Leno's move to 10pm, NBC may shake up its prime-time schedule again, moving its late local news to 10 and Leno to 10:30, the network's onetime programming head speculates. Garth Ancier, now chief of BBC America, shared his speculation with critics at the summer... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • CBS • programming • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • comedian • television personality • Late Show • The Jay Leno Show

(Newser) - A judge has reinstated Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS and granted the former anchor access to thousands of pages of documents pertaining to his ouster following a network story he ran critical of former President George's Bush performance in the Texas Air National Guard. Rather's attorneys believe the... More »

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military • CBS • Dan Rather • pilot • anchor • George W. Bush • ROTC

CBS: Cronkite Will Keep Introducing Evening News

Late newscaster's voice was to be dropped from broadcast

Jul 20, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The voice of the late Walter Cronkite will continue to introduce the CBS Evening News, the New York Times reports. The network’s decision marks a reversal after talks with Cronkite family members, who were “very clear that if we continued to use his voice, they would consider it... More »

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television • Katie Couric • CBS • Walter Cronkite • television news • CBS Evening News

(Newser) - Things are not going well lately for Conan O’Brien. The Tonight Show’s fall to the bottom of its timeslot ratings was punctuated Wednesday when David Letterman pulled in 4.4 million viewers while Conan drew just 2.5 million, the Baltimore Sun reports. That’s the worst... More »

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Paul McCartney • NBC • CBS • ABC • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Late Night • Late Show

ANALYSIS

 NBC, CBS 
 At Odds on 
 How to Survive 

Zucker trumpets new model; Moonves aims for hit shows

Jun 22, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - America’s oldest TV broadcasters see very different roads ahead as they navigate today’s world of splintering audiences, Advertising Age reports. NBC is carving a new path, dropping five hours of potential scripted shows a week for a nightly Jay Leno show, and banking on its cable channels. CBS,... More »

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entertainment • television • media • NBC • CBS • cable TV • Jeff Zucker • Leslie Moonves • network • TV ratings

Letterman Overtakes Conan's Tonight in Ratings Game

NBC ratings slip under new host

Jun 10, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just over a week after Conan O’Brien took over NBC’s Tonight Show, CBS rival David Letterman has overtaken him in the ratings, the Hollywood Reporter notes. The Late Show is up 13% from last week and 17% from last year; NBC’s ratings have been slipping under O’... More »

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entertainment • NBC • CBS • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Late Show

(Newser) - The Supreme Court today ordered a federal appeals court to consider reinstating a fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, the AP reports. The appeals court had ruled that the glimpse of Jackson’s breast, which lasted nine-sixteenths of a second, should have been considered “... More »

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CBS • FCC • Super Bowl • indecency • Janet Jackson • wardrobe malfunction • US Supreme Court

In Push to Sell Ads, CBS Sells Itself in New Campaign

In anticipation of 'upfront week,' CBS reminds advertisers of its worth

May 4, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a run-up to television’s upfront week—in which broadcasters sell as much advertising as possible for the year—CBS is taking the offensive, launching a massive ad campaign selling CBS itself. The initiative is aimed at curbing the perception that broadcast is declining and cable is the future... More »

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entertainment • CBS • advertising • USA Today • Nielsen Ratings • Fox • TV ratings • entertainment industry • rebranding • upfront week

 Palin Ignores 
 McCain on Twitter 

She uses feed to clear up 'misquoting'

Apr 30, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is following some fellow Republicans on Twitter, but she's not showing any love for former running mate John McCain.The Alaska governor is keeping tabs on Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly of Fox, David Gregory of NBC, George Stephanopoulos of ABC, and CNN, but not nemesis Katie Couric—... More »

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John McCain • social networking • NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • Bill O'Reilly • ABC • Fox News • Republican Party • CNN • Sean Hannity • George Stephanopoulos • Sarah Palin • Twitter • David Gregory • politicians

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