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Katie's Ratings Flatline

Some doubt if viewers are ready for a woman anchor.

May 14, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric, as always, is upbeat, but her ratings are undeniably dismal: “CBS Evening News” numbers have dropped lower than they've been since the Nielsens began measuring audiences with “people meters” 20 years ago, the New York Times  reports. The 8-month-old show is an even-more-distant third than... More »

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television • Katie Couric • CBS • news • audiences • reporter • journalist • news anchor

Imus Will Sue CBS for
$40 Mil Left on Contract

Shock jock Won't Go Quietly

May 2, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don Imus is off the airwaves but not finished fighting: He's hired First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus to help him sue CBS. Sources tell Fortune that Imus's five-year, $50 million contract guaranteed him a warning before his routinely foul mouth got him fired; without it, he may be owed the... More »

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radio • CBS • FCC • Don Imus • lawsuit • profanity

Kerry Says Imus Shouldn't Have Been Fired

"To me it was in the hands of the young women"

Apr 18, 07 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Kerry defended Don Imus in a TV interview last night, saying CBS should have suspended the shock jock, not fired him. The network should have waited to make its move, he suggested, until after Imus met with the Rutgers team. "To me it was in the hands of... More »

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radio • CBS • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • John Kerry • Don Imus

Fired Imus Meets Players

Apr 13, 07 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don Imus sat down with the Rutgers women’s basketball team last night, hours after he became a former radio star for calling them “nappy-headed hos.”  The meeting, which included their coaches and parents, took place at the New Jersey governor’s mansion, whose proprietor, Jon Corzine,... More »

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radio • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • New Jersey • racism

CBS Pulls the Plug on Imus

After a week of rants and apologies, it all finally hits the WFAN

Apr 12, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - CBS  has fired Don Imus, in a surprise move a week after the jockey called the Rutgers womens' basketball team "nappy headed hos," provoking a war of words over race in America. CBS Prez Les Moonves finally announced the decision today, citing the feelings of "young women... More »

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radio • CBS • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • MSNBC • racism

MSNBC DROPS IMUS

Apr 11, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - MSNBC dropped toxic shock jock Don Imus this afternoon, after a day in which companies, pols, and network execs couldn't distance themselves from the host fast enough. The announcement came after General Motors and Sprint Nextel, the show's two biggest advertisers, pulled their sponsorship, and prez contender Barack Obama, intiially... More »

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radio • NBC • CBS • Don Imus • MSNBC • racism

Advertisers
Dump Imus

Procter & Gamble and others pull ad dollars after racist comment

Apr 11, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Piling on to the mounting outrage against Don Imus, three advertisers have pulled their support from the CBS radio show or its simulcast MSNBC TV program. The three include marketing heavyweight Procter & Gamble, Staples and Bigelow Tea, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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television • media • radio • CBS • advertising • Don Imus • Proctor • MSNBC • General Motors • Staples • Bigelow Tea

Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

Apr 9, 07 8:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five days after characterizing the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed ho's," renegade radio personality  Don Imus received a two-week suspension from NBC News and CBS Radio, along with a mandate that he must change the tone of his show, the Times reported. Imus made a contrite appearance... More »

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media • radio • NBC • CBS • Jesse Jackson • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers • women's college basketball

Imus in Hot Water Again

Uses racial and gender inappropriate epithets to describe Rutgers women's basketball team

Apr 7, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Earlier this week during his syndicated show simulcast on MSNBC and CBS radio station WFAN Don Imus called the Rutgers Women's basketball team "nappy headed hoes," initiating a firestorm of criticism.  The politically incorrect shock jock now admits that his remarks were "inappropriate, thoughtless and stupid.... More »

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entertainment • radio • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • MSNBC

The Fall,
And Rise, Of Television

New outlets, "small TV" programming shifting the idiot-box paradigm

Apr 7, 07 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - TV executives are biting their nails over the future of their medium, even as conventional indicators suggest it's never been stronger. Wired reports that sitcoms and dramas are winning, not losing, audiences, but through financially amorphous pipelines like DVDs, iTunes downloads and even homemade web-casts. "Traditional TV won't be... More »

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entertainment • television • media • CBS • Web 2.0 • undefined

Monday Night Football Gets Face Lift

ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski to replace Joe Theismann as co-host

Mar 26, 07 11:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monday Night Football will swap one former NFL quarterback–turned–ESPN analyst for another this season when Ron Jaworski steps in for Joe Theismann. The network is looking to freshen up its hit show—cable's most-watched ever—which recently finished its first season on ESPN after more than three decades... More »

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sports • NFL • Ron Jaworski • ESPN • Joe Theismann • Monday Night Football • MNF • Toyn Kornheiser • Mike Tirico • CBS • Sports Emmy • Outstanding Live Sports Series • football

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