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October 2008
- Mired in 3rd Place, Couric Rallies
  
  Associated Press | Oct 1, 08 5:53 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - After 2 years of stories about bad ratings and an uncertain future, Katie Couric is in the news for a positive reason, the AP reports—her work. Her CBS Evening News interviews with Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, and John McCain have brought the broadcast unprecedented buzz even though, as the New York Times reports, the ratings payoff has been modest at best. More »
September 2008
- Palin's First Press Tidbits Will Air on ABC Tonight
  
  Associated Press | Sep 11, 08 11:03 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - Charles Gibson's interviews with Sarah Palin will be featured on a special prime-time edition of ABC's 20/20 tomorrow, reports AP. Gibson is traveling to Fairbanks and Wasilla, Alaska, for the first TV interviews with Palin since she was selected as John McCain's running mate. Excerpts will be shown on ABC's World News this evening. More »
- It's Not Too Late, MSNBC: 'Stay Crazy'
  
  Gawker | Sep 8, 08 5:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - David Gregory will be the face of MSNBC's election coverage, and the ouster of "loud shouty people" Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews isn't sitting well with at least one viewer. "It's a stupid, stupid idea, for many reasons," Alex Pareene writes on Gawker of NBC Universal's decision. "If people wanted Brian Williams and David Gregory to cover everything quietly and politely they'd actually watch your evening news." More »
August 2008
- Maddow Helps MSNBC Make Left Turn
  
  New York Times | Aug 22, 08 8:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Rachel Maddow's promotion to prime-time at MSNBC more clearly draws the partisan lines among the cable networks, writes Brian Stelter of the New York Times : MSNBC on the left, Fox on the right, and CNN claiming middle ground. Now the big question: Will the Maddow move translate into more ads? It seems likely. Viewers seems drawn to outspoken views, and, in fact, Fox now brings in more ad revenue than CNN. MSNBC is in a distant third. More »
- Leno Could Doom Nightline with ABC Move
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 11, 08 2:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - These should be banner days for ABC’s Nightline , John Edwards’ confessional outlet of choice. Instead, staffers fear Jay Leno's departure from NBC will wind up costing them their jobs, the LA Times reports. ABC appears to be Leno's most likely destination after he retires next year, which would likely spell the doom of the 29-year-old news magazine. More »
July 2008
- Want to Oust Couric? Show Her the Money
  
  New York Post | Jul 28, 08 2:20 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
June 2008
- Brokaw to Replace Russert
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jun 22, 08 2:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - NBC has anointed Tom Brokaw as Tim Russert's heir on "Meet the Press" through the 2008 election, the network announced today. "I feel right at home," said Brokaw, who has appeared on the public affairs show since the Watergate days. But Brian Williams—who took over NBC's Nightly News when Brokaw stepped down in 2004—was at the helm today, and he wasn't up to snuff, writes the Swamp's Jon Crewdson. More »
- Olbermann to Media: 'Shut the Hell Up'
  
  New Yorker | Jun 16, 08 1:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Keith Olbermann has always been mad as hell, and a parade of ex-colleagues tell the New Yorker they just couldn't take it anymore. The O'Reilly-pummeling, Murrow-channeling ex-sportscaster host of MSNBC's Countdown has consistently alienated both co-workers and higher-ups with the same brusque combativeness he applies nightly to the Bush administration. More »
May 2008
- Networks Will Partner For Cancer Telethon
  
  New York Times | May 27, 08 4:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - ABC, CBS and NBC have decided to work together to fight cancer, the New York Times reports. Each network's lead news anchor will appear on a Sept. 5 telethon broadcast on all three channels simultaneously. The principles—CBS's Katie Couric, NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charlie Gibson—have all lost immediate relatives to cancer. More »
- So Long Katie; Don't Let the Door Hit You
  
  New Yorker | May 20, 08 12:41 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
- Stay Tuned to WN- Bleep- C
  
  New York Daily News | May 13, 08 10:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A longtime local anchor in New York got her viewers' undivided attention during a promo last night when she said the F-word live, the New York Daily News reports. After the wrong video played as she teased the upcoming news during Medium, 28-year WNBC veteran Sue Simmons said, "What the f--- are you doing?" More »
April 2008
- Katie May Wear Larry King's Suspenders
  
  Newsday | Apr 24, 08 11:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When word broke that CBS and Katie Couric were poised to part ways, CNN swiftly re-signed Larry King. That was widely expected. But the contract conspicuously avoids promising King the 9pm hour he’s so long held, sources tell Verne Gay of Newsday . That leaves the door swinging invitingly for Couric, and sources say she wants the job. More »
- Couric's CBS Numbers Hit New Low
  
  New York Times | Apr 22, 08 5:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The CBS Evening News hit a new low for viewership, with an average of 5.39 million last week. The previous record was set last September when anchor Katie Couric visited Iraq, the New York Times reports. The latest showing is another piece of bad news for Couric after reports broke two weeks ago she could be on her way out. More »
- Couric Gets Vote of Confidence
  
  Mediabistro blogs | Apr 18, 08 2:40 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
- ABC Debate Hosts 'Shoddy, Despicable'
  
  Washington Post | Apr 17, 08 6:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - No winner emerged in last night's Democratic presidential debate, but for one columnist the loser was clear: ABC News. Over the course of a commercial-crammed broadcast, moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous dwelled on petty half-controversies to incite Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to get nasty, writes Tom Shales of the Washington Post . More »
- Couric's Not Only Thing Networks Should Toss
  
  BusinessWeek | Apr 15, 08 9:11 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
- Trouble at CBS Runs Wide and Deep
  
  New York Times | Apr 14, 08 11:09 AM CDT

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Mired in 3rd Place, Couric Rallies

Palin's First Press Tidbits Will Air on ABC Tonight

It's Not Too Late, MSNBC: 'Stay Crazy'

Maddow Helps MSNBC Make Left Turn

Leno Could Doom Nightline with ABC Move

Want to Oust Couric? Show Her the Money

Brokaw to Replace Russert

Olbermann to Media: 'Shut the Hell Up'

Networks Will Partner For Cancer Telethon

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

Stay Tuned to WN- Bleep- C

Katie May Wear Larry King's Suspenders

Couric's CBS Numbers Hit New Low

Couric Gets Vote of Confidence

ABC Debate Hosts 'Shoddy, Despicable'

Couric's Not Only Thing Networks Should Toss

Trouble at CBS Runs Wide and Deep