Jim Romenesko
Apr. 5, 2011
8:17 am
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Jim Romenesko
Apr. 4, 2011
1:44 pm
New York Times Magazine
In a Q-and-A that's running in next Sunday's New York Times Magazine,
Katie Couric tells
Andrew Goldman that "we were in third place for 13 years before I got here, and I think habits, particularly with an evening news broadcast, move at a glacial pace. And I think that local news stations have something to do with it."
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Jim Romenesko
Apr. 4, 2011
9:26 am
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Apr. 4, 2011
6:07 am
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Jim Romenesko
Mar. 29, 2011
12:12 pm
TheAtlantic.com
There are two possible answers, says
Bill Wyman: The company didn't want to take on a PR blow in the middle of the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009; and it didn't have a plan B. ("Another celebrity?") ||
Earlier: Which pundits were right, wrong about Couric?
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Jim Romenesko
Mar. 28, 2011
2:06 pm
Howard Kurtz and others
are reporting that
Katie Couric -- unable to move "CBS Evening News" out of third place -- is likely to leave the anchor desk when her contract is up in June. Let's go back five years and see what journalists were saying about Couric just before and after she accepted the CBS News job. Observations from a 20-year-old
Brian Stelter and others are after the jump.
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Jim Romenesko
Mar. 24, 2011
5:14 pm
Los Angeles Times
Joe Flint hears from CBS sources that attention is starting to focus on
Scott Pelley as the leading candidate for
Katie Couric's job should she bolt, "which seems to be a foregone conclusion."
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Jim Romenesko
Mar. 15, 2011
3:55 pm
Variety.com
"Nobody really seems to care what she's up to until there's the possibility of her
changing jobs," writes
Brian Lowry. "
Katie Couric remains more interesting, in other words, for the promise she entails -- the one-time reigning queen of "Today," who seemingly would bring enormous recognition and goodwill to a daytime syndicated show or a cable news gig -- than the reality."
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Jim Romenesko
Feb. 9, 2011
7:42 am
The Daily Beast
That's at the end of May. "While negotiations have not yet started and a deal might fail to materialize, this is the first concrete indication that
Les Moonves, the company’s chief executive, has made a decision on extending her deal," writes
Howard Kurtz.
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Jim Romenesko
Feb. 8, 2011
5:58 pm
Broadcasting & Cable
"It's high on the list of things to do to spend some time with Katie to find out what she wants to do and what she sees is best for her and what's best for CBS News," says
Jeff Fager, who was just promoted to CBS News chairman.
Joe Flint: Fager is a sign of continuity and tradition for CBS News.
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